If a rope is showing no signs of damage, rot or fatigue, it is unlikely to be much below its full strength, but some consideration must be given to its age and those occasions when its fibres may have been weakened or their grip on each other lessened.
Ukuba intsontelo ayibonisi zimpawu zokonakala, ezokubola okanye ezokudinwa, kodwa kumele kuthathelwe ingqalelo ubudalal bayo kunye nemeko apho kufumaniseka ukuba iintsinga zisenokuba zidodotyalisiwe okanye ukubambelela kwazo enye kwenye kunciphisekile.