THE COMPLETE BOOK OF BIG WALL CLIMBING: Chapter VIII

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VIII. SAILS

[ROPES AND CORDS]. . . . . . . . . 259
Rope Bags and Buckets . . . . . . . . . 261
Middle Markers and End Markers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Dry Ropes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Washing [Untreated] Ropes . . . . . . . . . 264
Designation vs. Color, Diameter, or Weave. . . . . . . . . . . 264
Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Lead Line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Spare Lead Line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Haul Line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Lower-Out Line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Using Haul Line as Lower-Out Line. . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Extending Lower-Out Line With Lead Line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Full Length, Second, or Extra Long Lower-Out Line. . . . . 270
Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Tag Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Free Line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Belay Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Fixing Only Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Docking Tether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Catch Line(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Waste Line(s) or Trash Line(s) . . . . . . . 279

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