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 intambo ayibonakalisi zimpawu zokonakala, zokubola okanye ukuthamba, ayithandi ekubeni ngeneno kwamandla apheleleyo kodwa ucingisiso kufuneka lunikwe unyaka nezinto, xana intsinge zinokuphelelwa ngamandla okanye zibambelele entweni ngokuqina kwenye nakwenye umthunjanza izinto zibencinci ngokwesayizi.