It's amazing what one can pick up surfing the net these days.

talk about rope burn! Thanks for sharing, this was priceless.

...of something that happened to me in about 8th grade.  I was always lousy at climbing the big rope in gym and making it all the way to the top.  But one day I was really "on" and knew I could make it all the way up for the first time. I  got about a yard from the top and definitely was sure I had the strength to do it.  I also realized that, with one more upward pull, I'd come in my gym shorts.  It was the weirdest feeling ever and I hung there for a minute wondering what to do before concluding I had to accept defeat and keep from busting my nut.  I never again was able to make it to the top.

LMAO!  I always did what I could to offer my fellow students additional grip.