The milking does stop, usually after the first few long descents. When I get a new climbing line, I purposely just climb on it up a tall tree and descend on it 4 or 5 times to just get it over with. Some people whine a lot about the milking and consider it a sign of bad rope building. It doesn't bother me any.
If a person wants an eye on BOTH ends of a climbing line, I wil splice one side, climb on it a few times, milk the foot or two of cover off, then splice up the other end. If the person is nearby, I'll give it to them to climb on for a few weeks, then splice it after that.
If there's one splice, you've never really milking TOWARD the splice, so you aren't risking making that one looser.
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nick
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