haha....i mean he couldnt have save the hassle of putting up a stand....and tied some shoe string together to create a longer rope..ha...or made some rope out of "video tape"..haha tom hanks "cast away" survival skills right there..
Germ,I was just getting ready to suggest that is what he was doing when I saw the answer.Lets HOPE this isn't what he is doing. It really wouldn't say much for your gene pool.
Then next time he goes out he will climb the 8 footer, realize his rope is to long and cut all the slack off of it. :p
I think it would be more fun to shorten the rope he now has just to watch he problem solving skills at work once again.
Its a good thing you're not from Arkansas. That would probably make you and him cousins or something like that.
THen put the new Long one on the seat of his stand, or on the other side, just let it hang down and wait for him to find it. lol.
OMG, I was racking my brain trying to figure that out :D Thats just to much :D can we say redneck!! :D