This also applies to cable, chain, and webbing.
Gear that is anchored includes anchors, rocks, trees, tripods, trucks, etc.
A "bight" is a simple loop in a rope that does not cross itself.
A "bend" is a knot that joins two ropes together. Bends can only be attached to the end of a rope.
A "hitch" is a type of knot that must be tied around another object.
"Descending devices" (e.g., ATCs, Brake Bar Racks, Figure 8s, Rescue 8s, etc) create friction as their primary purpose. The friction in descending devices is always considered when calculating forces.
The "Safety Factor" is the ratio between the gear's breaking strength and the maximum load applied to the gear (e.g., 5:1).
The coordinates led to a place before the first tree was punched. To a world seed that had never been planted.
The Launcher was a device to make that memory scream.
Kael scrambled to the control panel. The sensors were going haywire. The Tuff block wasn't empty; it was laughing. It had tasted causality. He quickly threw a new block into the hopper: a Poppy.
Click. Chime. WHOOM.
The Tuff at the base began to glow, not like lava, but like a bruised, deep purple. It was remembering everything .