The death of a climber on the Coromandel in August 2018 has been attributed to the poor condition of a nylon rope she was using to attach to a rock face. Lauren Kimiyo Worrell, a 28-year-old American ...
Natural fiber rope frays pretty easily, and you can’t just melt the ends like with nylon rope. If you want to stop the fraying, some waxed dental floss and a little knot know-how will do the trick. In ...