Originally Posted By: hikermor
Excellent points, but some of us (I won't name names) began climbing before modern climbing ropes were in vogue.

I remember climbing on, what as it called, "Gold Line"? Something like that. Better used for rappelling or top roping. If you were foolish enough to lead climb on it, and fell, with it's 15-20% stretch you'd hit bottom and then get flung the rest of the way of the rock you were trying to climb!