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1 2 3 4 5 6  UER Forum > Archived Rookie Forum > UE Basic Equipment... (Viewed 4981 times) shotgun mario  Location: MSP Gender: Male MSP Elite™ Card-Carrying Member  |  |  Re: UE Basic Equipment... <Reply # 100 on 6/27/2008 11:30 PM >   i never have used a rope ladder, and frankly it's not *meant* to be used, it's just there if I need it. I usually only have/make gear if I have another use for it, or I've wanted it for a while (which is this case) well, here's it all finished: While being made: All finished: i have around 18 inches between the rungs, give or take 2 inches. It's about 22 feet in length total (from 100 feet straight rope). I hung it up in my tree as far as I could throw a rope to pull it over and tie (about 15) and it works great. Easy up and down, so long as you watch to make sure your feet get in. Quite happy with it, but it took about 5 hours to tie (longer at the beginning, looping all the slack through). [last edit 6/27/2008 11:32 PM by shotgun mario - edited 1 times] If you want to protect the locations you love to explore, don't talk about them online in public! If you want to make exploring friends, send people private messages! Meet up in real life! Get off the internet! Don't try to have a UER e-penis! You won't impress anyone! This especially means you, Minneapolis MN newbies! insainly sound  Location: Bay Area, CA Gender: Female How'd we get here, and how are we getting out of here?!  |  |  Re: UE Basic Equipment... <Reply # 101 on 6/28/2008 12:43 AM >   Wow that's pretty amazing! I personally have never found I needed anything like that, but it would have been useful for my friends!!!!!! I could climb up, latch that on, they follow, roll it up, no harm no foul..... Check out my photo blog! person  Location: cincinnati Gender: Male  |  Re: UE Basic Equipment... <Reply # 102 on 6/28/2008 6:04 PM >   Awesome ladder. I can't think of a situation where it would actually be useful though, honestly... I wouldn't want to use a rope ladder to descend into anything (what if it broke and I got stuck?), and if you got stuck on top of something and needed to get down, you would have to already be carrying it. And who wants to carry a ladder everywhere? I usually take a cheapo LED flashlight, phone, Leatherman, and decent camera + tripod. Even if I'm not shooting, cops and security are nicer to photographers that random trespassers/vandals/scrappers. Also beer is useful, for drinking. The homeless like cigarettes. I have a couple of big Maglites, some tools, and a crowbar in the trunk... they don't come out too often. junkyard  Location: LaCrosse, WI Gender: Male Strategic Beer Command where the metal hits the meat.  |  |  Re: UE Basic Equipment... <Reply # 103 on 6/29/2008 4:49 PM >   I can think of one good place for a crappy rope ladder. It would keep a good rope from being dropped in poop. This brings back memories.... http://www.uer.ca/...d=1&threadid=14783 BTW Mario, a figure 8 knot would be much safer than that clamp. That stuff is for wire rope, I use it on my tow truck. Sharp bends make a rope weaker at the knot. Also they do have caving and tactical ladders that are a bit spendy, but kick ass. They don't strech like crappy rope ladders. But I DO like a old school crappy rope ladder when in a pinch. [last edit 6/29/2008 4:54 PM by junkyard - edited 1 times] I drink gasoline for breakfeast and beer for dinner! Any problem can be licked with a case of beer and a few sticks of dynamite. Strategic Beer Command ruling the desert since 1995 http://www.strategic-beer-command.com MindHacker  Location: Suburbs of DC Gender: Male If you spot a terrorist arrow, pin it to the wall with your shoulder.  |  Re: UE Basic Equipment... <Reply # 104 on 6/30/2008 1:54 PM >   Posted by shotgun_mario i have around 18 inches between the rungs, give or take 2 inches. It's about 22 feet in length total (from 100 feet straight rope). I hung it up in my tree as far as I could throw a rope to pull it over and tie (about 15) and it works great. Easy up and down, so long as you watch to make sure your feet get in. Quite happy with it, but it took about 5 hours to tie (longer at the beginning, looping all the slack through). That's awesome. I've tied a short one just to play with the knots, but the amount of work needed to tie one out of 100' of 1/2"... A+. "That's just my opinion. I would, however, advocate for explosive breaching, since speed and looking cool are both concerns in my job."-Wilkinshire shotgun mario  Location: MSP Gender: Male MSP Elite™ Card-Carrying Member  |  |  Re: UE Basic Equipment... <Reply # 105 on 7/1/2008 2:21 AM >   it takes a long time at the beginning, pulling 50 feet of cord 10 times for one loop. You can see in my first picture that I used paper towel rolls to wind the rope and use that as a needle to pass it through. Other than that, I can just say sit down with a movie or music, and set to work. update: yea, I've been thinking of getting rid of that clamp, I didn't like how it was putting pressure onto the rope. It was more of a fast-fix to get the loop on than anything. Will be using the figure-8 loop instead. Thanks for the tip! [last edit 7/1/2008 2:24 AM by shotgun mario - edited 1 times] If you want to protect the locations you love to explore, don't talk about them online in public! If you want to make exploring friends, send people private messages! Meet up in real life! Get off the internet! Don't try to have a UER e-penis! You won't impress anyone! This especially means you, Minneapolis MN newbies! junkyard  Location: LaCrosse, WI Gender: Male Strategic Beer Command where the metal hits the meat.  |  |  Re: UE Basic Equipment... <Reply # 106 on 7/1/2008 3:52 AM >   That damn figure 8 knot and and stupid figure 8 have gotten me into more places............I should be in jail. Oh wait we got into one of those once, same method. I drink gasoline for breakfeast and beer for dinner! Any problem can be licked with a case of beer and a few sticks of dynamite. Strategic Beer Command ruling the desert since 1995 http://www.strategic-beer-command.com desertchick  Location: Eastern Twnshps, QC - Montreal, QC - Phoenix, AZ Gender: Female  |  |  Re: UE Basic Equipment... <Reply # 107 on 7/2/2008 3:30 AM >   Very cool rope ladder! Wish I had you talent with knots! I didn't use mine yet. I finally found a new and easier access into the building I want to infiltrate. It's great to have the ladder handy, just in case. Mine takes a lot of space but at least it fits in my backpack. The funny thing is that I have no trouble whatsoever getting through a fence but my backpack is a bit of a hassle because it's larger than I am But you know how girls are : a backpack is the perfect substitute for a purse and we looove to pack 'em up with lots of just-in-case thingies that we never use : first aid kit, pepper spray, spare batteries, snacks, dust masks, whistle, etc. flickr.com/photos/desertchick-/sets "The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars [...] and everybody goes Aw!" - Kerouac shotgun mario  Location: MSP Gender: Male MSP Elite™ Card-Carrying Member  |  |  Re: UE Basic Equipment... <Reply # 108 on 7/2/2008 10:56 PM >   knots aren't difficult at all... the only thing that experience brings is speed and memory really. 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