Vertical caving terminology and methods > General hardware
A waterproof sticker attached to each end of a rope, identifying whose it is, what length it is, and when it was made. This can be used to determine ownership of the rope, to work out which rope to use for rigging each pitch, to identify which rope to use when a pitch has ropes rigged over each other, and to decide when to discard an old rope. All ropes should have this. If a rope is damaged, and cut into shorter lengths to remove the damaged section, then the rope labels must be replaced with a new label showing the new details. The rope's length is measured without being loaded, to avoid the rope contracting after disconnecting from it, leaving cavers stranded because they did not have enough excess.
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