Requirement
4. Synthetic against natural fibre, and what a rope can safely hold
Required Often forgotten
The differences, which rope suits pioneering and why, and then breaking strength, safe working loads, and care and storage. The safe working load is the part that matters when requirement 9 gets built.
Notes and warnings
Note. Breaking strength and safe working load are not the same number, and the difference is what keeps requirement 9 standing up. This is the part of the requirement that matters most later.
Where this step comes from
- Pioneering Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-09-19), Requirement 4