Thunderdogg. There are some awful deep canyons where I hunt. Many of them are to steep to even wak on if it is slippery. I have my rope on one of those reels made for garden hoses. It will hold a heck of a bunch of rope. I bolted the reel onto a piece of plywood about two by three ft. I just set the spool on the hood and take off with the end of the rope. One of us goes down to tie on the rope then we can hang on to it as well and get a helping hand up the slope. I have my rope cut into 100 ft pieces so I need not use to much more at once than I neep. It works great and never a tangled rope. Old guys know many tricks. It is a better trick though if you can wait until they come up on top to feed.