Yes, even if you never use a brand new climbing rope, it still 'expires' after 10 years. When your rope starts to fray, display cuts, or is overly soft or hard, it's time for retirement.

Colorado Wildlife Officials rescued an seemingly lost bull elk that became ensnared in climbing ropes near the town of Lake City with the help of several climbers. Climbers spotted the trapped elk ...

(AP) — Wildlife officials and several climbers rescued a bull elk by lowering it down a cliff after the animal became entangled in a rope at a popular ice climbing area in southwestern Colorado.

A bull elk, they said, had become ensnared in a climbing rope and was stuck on a steep hillside. “I couldn’t believe what they were telling me,” Hake said. “We’ve never seen elk on that ...