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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 8192385" data-attributes="member: 6788736">There is absolutely no difference climbing a 30' rope to climbing a 200' rope.You pull yourself up using your arms (anyone who can lift their own body-weight can do this). Its a press-up. You then stand on the knots (or, if unknotted, you just loop the rope around your feet and lock in).You can just stay there all day standing on the knot, or with the rope locked onto your feet if you want and rest your arms. All the weight is now on your legs, and they're kind of used to that.When you're ready to go again, you just repeat.Look:[MEDIA=youtube]2bS9MySipnk[/MEDIA]No, there is not.Hang on. Are you saying that 2 weeks into basic training I (and the other 60 blokes around me) all had a Strength of 14+ and proficiency in Athletics?That's laughable.Are you saying those girls in the video above had both as well? What about other school kids who do it regularly in gym class?Yeah because morbidly obese and chronically unfit people who cant do a single pull-up (they cant lift their own body weight off the ground) will always fail.If you can lift your own body weight for a single pull-up, you can climb a rope.The rules reflect this. You have a lifting capacity of Strength x 30. An unfit (Strength 7) overweight (220lbs+) person cant climb a rope, because they cant lift their own weight off the ground.A Strength 8, 150lb Wizard, with 50lbs of gear can pull himself off the ground (and over pit ledges and so forth).Just check your PCs lifting capacity and compare it to the the weight of himself and his gear. If he can lift that off the ground, he can do a pull-up and he can climb a rope.Its not carrying capacity we care about, its lifting capacity (which is Strength x 30).A Strength 10 PC can lift off the ground (i.e. he can do a press up) 300 lbs. As long as he (and his gear) is less than this figure, he can lift himself off the ground, and climb a rope.He does a press up. He stands on the knot (or locks off using his feet). He rests if he needs to. He repeats the process.Maybe you're particularly heavy and/or weak, but a person of average strength, health and weight can do a pull-up.Around 8 in a row in fact, with stronger men able to do a lot more:[URL unfurl="true"]https://physicalliving.com/how-many-pull-ups-should-i-be-able-to-do/#:~:text=Men%20should%20be%20able%20to,is%20considered%20fit%20and%20strong.[/URL]You do a few pull ups. You stop and rest your arms (standing on the rope, with your feet locked in), then you do a few more. A person of average strength should be able to do this (resting as needed) and climb a 60' rope with ease.</blockquote>

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