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Used Rope Anchors

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Brian M · · Long Beach, CA · Joined Jun 2013 · Points: 155

Hey everyone, I recently retired my Marathon Pro but it still has 150+ ft in pretty good shape. I'm exploring my options on what to do with it and was wondering if there was a good way to give it back to the local climbing community(CT mostly) to use to build/replace a rap anchor or something along those lines. Anybody got any suggestions ?

Nick Goldsmith · · Pomfret VT · Joined Aug 2009 · Points: 440

Slings and rings are a last resort for anchors but if it absolutly has to be a slung tree anchor old climbing rope is totally truck.

Gunkiemike · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Jul 2009 · Points: 3,492

Doing something like this will earn you tons of climber karma. In fact, you'll probably find a new cam lying on the ground the very next time you go out.

Nick Goldsmith · · Pomfret VT · Joined Aug 2009 · Points: 440

That one looks like a prime canidate for fixin. 30ft of rope is a heck of a lot more impact than this

Brian M · · Long Beach, CA · Joined Jun 2013 · Points: 155

Thanks guys, still have the rope so as it warms up and you see some opportunity to use some of it just lemme know

cavemonkey · · AK · Joined Jan 2010 · Points: 0

I use old climbing rope for anchors all the time
esp new routing.....if I find myself doing the climb more than 3 times i might think about some steel, but its so heavy.
rope anchors last alot longer than tat and are easily inspected

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