G’day all,
Did a day romp up the Castle and back on Saturday for particularly heartbreaking reasons and noticed one of the ropes is extremely worn and potentially dangerous. The outer bindings are completely unravelled with about 4 to 5 strands hanging on. It’s the line that gets you up the chimney/slot before you take the final pull of the last two ropes to the summit.
I guess if any rope has to give way on you this is the one you want, the worst you can do is fall a couple of meters onto your bum.
Still, you wouldn’t like it to happen so be mindful. Once again, no rope is “essential” to climb the castle so I’d just keep them as a precautionary guide.
PD.