I do not know why I am so fascinated with ropes and pulleys, but it seems to be a bit of an obsession lately. My initial desire was to be able to haul a deer or elk out of the mountains, but that evolved into the desire to learn much more. Before long I was learning about rope rigging and building highlines for vertical rescue or recovery. One thing leads to another! I am an older guy and will probably never need to be involved in a rescue of any kind, but it is so cool to have that understanding. As to ropes and pulleys, I can set up with my own gear now anything from a 1:1 ratio to a 225:1 ratio, and have most of what is necessary to build a serious highline rig, so bringing my animals back to the truck will never be a problem again This may be one of the coolest things I have ever studied!
@@TheWolfdaw I agree. Eventually, friction will make all that extra useless. If you add enough pulleys, the pull required increases because of all the extra friction and weight of the rope.
Jonathan, this fits the definition of a compound system, which is: one simple MA system working on another simple MA system. A complex system is anything that doesn't fit into the definition of simple or compound MA.
