>>1794180eh, i don't see how a middle mark that's as black and obvious as sterling's is suppposed to be vanishes on rope that's never been used outside of it never being there
>imagine what will piss u off 5 pitches up and the rope is all tangled and this route is much harder than you thoughtup on a pitch is different - it's ok to get pissed off on the ground because you can change your gear there and you have more to work with compared to when things have gone south on the side of a face. on a route, you need to figure out how to do it safely with what you have. on the ground, you need to figure out how to do it safely and efficiently with what you have and what you can get. if i were a pitch or two in and i realized i had no middle mark i'd make do by just feeding from the ends every time. inconvenient but it works. whereas on the ground i can avoid the issue altogether assuming i have the time by fixing the issue - be that adding my own mark or telling the mfg to fix their shit
tldr solve problems on the ground where you can cuss out manufacturers before they're an issue halfway up a route and what you've got is what you've got. We don't use a munter hitch belay at the gym but that doesn't mean we should never ever use them
