Stop yelling rope!

Where is the OP? She starts a really silly thread and then disappears.

Well to her I yell:

RRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Roots wrote: Where is the OP? She starts a really silly thread and then disappears.

That's actually classic trolling technique. I commend her, and she's probably lurking and laughing.

The click bait worked. I'm here.

That said, letting possible parties below that you are tossing big bundle of rope for a rap is completely within reason. If you're on the ground and just pulling rope from a rap, probably not necessary.

Please stick to useful thread topics. Here, I will provide some examples for you:
- stop blasting your boom box at the crag
- stop leaving your garbage
- stop climbing in groups of 6+ and gang-roping a route for hours on end (and no, that's not just a symptom of sport crags)

Anywho, climb on! And please don't nail me in the skull when you toss a rope from a blind ledge above without saying "rope." 

While we're at it, quit saying "Take for a second."  I've never seen anyone Take for one second then continue climbing, ever.    Yelling down that you'll only take for one second doesn't make it any less embarrassing.

so many getting trolled

Should change the forum title from "General" to "Just Trolling."  Please discuss.

Sam Sala wrote: You know what would be great...is if people yelled rope BEFORE they threw them instead of after they let it fly. I got one dropped on me while leading in Ouray a few weeks ago. Dude yelled "rope!" as it blasted me in the top of the head. Just glad I happened to be looking up for my next tool placement when it came down, so I knew to brace.

A couple weeks ago in Ouray, I had a dude get mad at *me* when he dropped a rope on me, after I yelled up "hold up!," when I proceeded to climb over his rope.

Why even yell rope in this case?!

Mees wrote: you dopes get trolled pretty easily

Hey! This is a serious matter!!! 

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its from

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10/10 would whip

If you don't like yelling "rope", just saddlebag yours when you rap. You'll never have to yell "rope" again. 

I like to scream ROPE!!!! at the top of my lungs when a boulderer is cruxing

Em Cos wrote: If you don't like yelling "rope", just saddlebag yours when you rap. You'll never have to yell "rope" again. 

Except when you're pulling the rope on a multi-pitch rappel? When someone may be coming up below you?

 at the risk of attempting to say something useful in this thread, I would recommend tying your rope ends to your harness.

1. Can’t forget to untie knots before pulling.
2. Knots won’t get stuck below your next rap station.
3. Knot won’t blow around the corner out of reach.
4. Rope end won’t whack someone in the wenis below you as they’re cruxing.

If you’re worried about ripping off a gear loop when you get to the end of the rap, you have bigger problems.

@OP 3/10. You would benefit greatly from a trolling hangboard regimen to work your power endurance. My favorite is opening a notepad window (via hotkeys, using a mouse is aid for sure) and doing sets of seven seconds inflammatory self-aggrandizement followed by three seconds rest. Be sure to use a tabata timer so you don’t cheat.

Yelling "rope" is good crag etiquette. So is actually yelling it BEFORE you pull your rope, not when its already half way down and I don't have time to get the hell out of the way...

Try Cam wrote:  at the risk of attempting to say something useful in this thread, I would recommend tying your rope ends to your harness.

1. Can’t forget to untie knots before pulling.
2. Knots won’t get stuck below your next rap station.
3. Knot won’t blow around the corner out of reach.
4. Rope end won’t whack someone in the wenis below you as they’re cruxing.

If you’re worried about ripping off a gear loop when you get to the end of the rap, you have bigger problems.

@OP 3/10. You would benefit greatly from a trolling hangboard regimen to work your power endurance. My favorite is opening a notepad window (via hotkeys, using a mouse is aid for sure) and doing sets of seven seconds inflammatory self-aggrandizement followed by three seconds rest. Be sure to use a tabata timer so you don’t cheat.

Also, be diligent in studying and imitating the masters like Elanor and your craft will eventually improve. “Rising water makes the whole bote flote.”

Are you suggesting tie an overhand on a bight in each strand and clipping them to your harness or tying a big fucking overhand with both strands and clipping that? I think I like the idea of tying them separately better because the one time I tried tying the two rap strands together it became a rat's nest of twisting clusterfuck. Took me about 10 min to untangle the mess and I swore never to do that again.

And also, if they're a climber then the skin on their wenis ought to be toughened up pretty well from climbing, especially if they jam offwidth at all. Unless you were talking about a different body part...

Hey, could someone construct a Venn diagram showing the overlap of those who think you should always yell rope, and those who think you should rap off the anchors at single pitch crags?

eli poss wrote:

Are you suggesting tie an overhand on a bight in each strand and clipping them to your harness or tying a big fucking overhand with both strands and clipping that? I think I like the idea of tying them separately better because the one time I tried tying the two rap strands together it became a rat's nest of twisting clusterfuck. Took me about 10 min to untangle the mess and I swore never to do that again.

And also, if they're a climber then the skin on their wenis ought to be toughened up pretty well from climbing, especially if they jam at all. Unless you were talking about a different body part...

Separate for sure! And your knowledge of anatomy is on point. Throwing chicken wangs on an offwidth definitely toughens the ol’ wenis. 

Try Cam wrote:

Separate for sure! And your knowledge of anatomy is on point. Throwing chicken wangs on an offwidth definitely toughens the ol’ wenis. 

the things you learn in kindergarten...

I just yell “WENIS” instead of “rope.”

Try Cam wrote:  at the risk of attempting to say something useful in this thread, I would recommend tying your rope ends to your harness.

1. Can’t forget to untie knots before pulling.
2. Knots won’t get stuck below your next rap station.
3. Knot won’t blow around the corner out of reach.
4. Rope end won’t whack someone in the wenis below you as they’re cruxing.

If you’re worried about ripping off a gear loop when you get to the end of the rap, you have bigger problems.

Are you making saddlebags when you do this or just letting the rope drop down? http://blog.alpineinstitute.com/2010/06/saddlebags-for-rappelling.html I've done saddelbags a few times but never really thought of tying the ends to me.