Hi all,
I was doing some belay practice with my wife who's a fair bit lighter - practicing giving softer catches with her taking some bigger falls.
The first big fall of the session (factor 0.75ish) I was able to give a pretty soft catch but the catches after that weren't so climber friendly.
It might just have been me mistiming the jump, but I'm pretty sure I've heard that after a bigger fall the rope takes a bit of time to regain it's stretchiness. Is there a rule of thumb for how long that might be?
And if you take a lot of falls in a session, will the rope 'recover' between sessions? Does rope diameter affect the ability to recover?
And will a newer rope be able to regain it's stretchiness more quickly than an old rope that's taken a lot of falls?
Any opinions either technical or anecdotal welcome. Also any other tips for not breaking my wife's ankles...
Thanks
Ed
Post edited at 13:23