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MainOffender
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Ontario
Gender: Female
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< on 2/9/2007 10:21 PM >
|  | | | Me and my friends are setting out to explore a place and it says we should bring a rope ladder. I was wondering if anyone knows where I could buy one.
Thanks 
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DanWhitham
   
location:
Providence, RI.
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 1 on 2/9/2007 10:34 PM >
| | | | The place told you, you need to bring a rope ladder?
Weird, Northampton State Hospital used to tell me to eat dead babies...
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MainOffender
location:
Ontario
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 2 on 2/9/2007 10:44 PM >
| | | | Posted by DEDZ0NE
The place told you, you need to bring a rope ladder?
Weird, Northampton State Hospital used to tell me to eat dead babies...
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The place i'm going didn't tell me that 
The recommendation on here said I did.
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kjohnnytarr
location:
Columbia, Missouri
Gender: Male
Team Asbestos: CoMO
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<Reply # 3 on 2/9/2007 11:08 PM >
| | | | what's the location? You could probably make do with a rope (or less) if you have skills and balls
It seemed like a good idea at the time... |
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DanWhitham
location:
Providence, RI.
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 4 on 2/9/2007 11:12 PM >
| | | | you really don't need a rope ladder to get into the US.
Just jump the fence, and the cops can't touch you!
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the_doctor
location:
Boston area
Gender: Male
It's probably dangerous
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<Reply # 5 on 2/10/2007 12:57 AM >
| | | | I just explore with either the incredible hulk, or godzilla. They both punch holes in the wall for a perfect entrance.
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GreyDeath
   
location:
Ontario
Gender: Male
The Darkness is coming...
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<Reply # 6 on 2/10/2007 5:36 AM >
| | | | Posted by flamable221
I just explore with either the incredible hulk, or godzilla. They both punch holes in the wall for a perfect entrance.
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I prefer the Kool-Aid man. That way when I get thirsty I have a nice thirst-quenching refreshment near by.
-Me!
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manitou
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Mississauga/Toronto/Waterloo
Gender: Male
I was born with an inherent knowledge of every abandonment in the world!
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<Reply # 7 on 2/10/2007 7:37 AM >
| | | | Off the top of my head I can only think of one place in Ontario where a rope ladder would come in handy.
You can buy aiders at MEC, they are light-weight, highly portable and useful for short climbs. There are also fire escape ladders that you can likely pick up from Canadian Tire. The thing to keep in mind with rope ladders, though, is how you are going to secure them prior to, or after, their use.
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Pravus
location:
Chicago Area
Gender: Male
Now the two key words for tonight - "caution" and "flammable"...
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<Reply # 8 on 2/10/2007 12:50 PM >
| | | | you could do one of two things, the first is tying a loop into the rope about ever foot in which you will eat ALOT of rope.. (it's likely you'll shorten the rope to like half to one third it's original length depending how you make a rope ladder..
Or...
http://www.uer.ca/...rrpage=2&pp#post23
Then again you could totally cheat: http://store.everestgear.com/435012.html
Also rope ladders only /really/ help you go down, since you really gotta be at the place to attach it....
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Sentinel
location:
Lawrence, KS
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 9 on 2/10/2007 3:24 PM >
| | | | Some equipment listed on locations here seems unnecessary sometimes. You probably wont need everything listed. Just make do with what you have and be creative
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MainOffender
location:
Ontario
Gender: Female
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<Reply # 10 on 2/11/2007 1:49 AM >
| | | | Cool, thanks
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DeMiNe0
location:
Brooklyn, NY
Gender: Male
DeMiNe0.CoM
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<Reply # 11 on 2/11/2007 3:58 AM >
| | | | ok.... First off... You dont jump the fence to get into the US. You go UNDER it.
Second... Who needs a rope ladder when you have this:
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Vinsanity
location:
NJ
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 12 on 2/11/2007 8:05 AM >
| | | | Posted by GreyDeath
I prefer the Kool-Aid man. That way when I get thirsty I have a nice thirst-quenching refreshment near by.
-Me!
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I'm having flashbacks to a certain family guy episode.
And i seriously haven't had Kool-Aid in forever.
Posted by DEDZ0NE
Weird, Northampton State Hospital used to tell me to eat dead babies... |
Fucking. Priceless.
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Shawn W.
location:
Niagara Falls, NY
Gender: Male
Optimistic Pessimist
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<Reply # 13 on 2/11/2007 4:04 PM >
| | | | Posted by DeMiNe0
ok.... First off... You dont jump the fence to get into the US. You go UNDER it. |
Actually, around here, you'd have to swim, or shoot a grappling hook hundreds of feet across, and climb across using the attached rope.
What is a rebel? A man who says no. - Albert Camus |
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Mark
Very Noble Donor
location:
South Carolina
Gender: Male
What is a lion, king of the savannah, when hes at the south pole?
| | Re: Rope Ladders
<Reply # 14 on 2/11/2007 5:34 PM >
| | | | Flat strap/rope, stiff rubber tubing makes great rope ladders. Take a long piece of rope and tie loops with the stiff rubber into it. Then quick tie the loops to the rope alternating down each side if possible.
Works well is a bit wobbly but once you get use to it your good to hook.
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UWSDWF
location:
Toronsborough
Gender: Male
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<Reply # 15 on 2/13/2007 1:14 PM >
| | | | Can never go wrong with a goo piece of rope... I suggest boat line it's tough, floats, usually has a metal eye, cheap and easy to get. No more then 10' needed though, climbing any higher and you might want to consider some ab-sailing equipment.... does this remind any one else of The Boondock Saints as much as I?
CONNOR: Know what we need, man?... some rope.
MURPHY: For what?
CONNOR: Charlie Bronson's always got rope.
MURPHY: What?
CONNOR: Yeah, these guys always got a lot of rope strapped around em in the movies and they always end up using it.
MURPHY: Oh, you've lost it, haven't ya?
CONNOR: I'm serious.
MURPHY: Me too. That's stupid. Name one thing we're gonna need it for.
CONNOR: I don't know they just always need it.
MURPHY:What is all this "they" shit? This ain't a movie.
*Connor pulls a large hunting knife from Murphy's bag.*
CONNOR: Is that right, Rambo?
MURPHY: All right, get the stupid fuckin'rope.
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Shawn W.
location:
Niagara Falls, NY
Gender: Male
Optimistic Pessimist
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<Reply # 16 on 2/16/2007 6:39 PM >
| | | | Posted by UWSDWF
Can never go wrong with a goo piece of rope... |
I don't think that I'd trust a "goo" piece of rope. That probably wouldn't be especially sturdy.
What is a rebel? A man who says no. - Albert Camus |
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Air
location:
Canada
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<Reply # 17 on 2/18/2007 9:09 PM >
| | | | Posted by Shawn W.
I don't think that I'd trust a "goo" piece of rope. That probably wouldn't be especially sturdy.
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We've got one. used it twice. Great to have, but its a bitch to haul. Its also as someone already already mentioned good for decents where you can securely attach it to something else. You can also make one but pleeeeeeeze for the love of god, know your knots.
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drkarst
location:
Dayton, Ohio
Gender: Male
| | Re: Rope Ladders
<Reply # 18 on 2/23/2007 7:27 PM >
| | | | Making a ladder out of tubular webbing works nicely. It is fairly cheap (25 cents a foot as of my last purchase)And is very strong!
As someone described somewhere above you can put in a series of knots large enough to cram your foot into spaced a comfortable distance apart and off you go. However, climing a rope ladder is very labor intensive on long drops. One thing that might help is to wrap duct tape around the loops to help keep them open so you can slip your foot inside them.
I have used rope ladders of this type on drops of about 18 feet without too much difficulty but wouldn't recommend anything much higher.
Another advantage is that it crunches up nicely and fits in a large pocket.
Good luck
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