Myth #7: Racks should be used with the bars facing the user: i.e. facing the flat side of the rack.
Truth: John Cole, NASA Engineer and inventor of the rack, in an interview at the 2005 NSS Convention, stated that he designed it so the user actually looks at the ends of the brake bars, with the open leg positioned away from the user’s body. This allows for easy adding and subtracting bars as needed by rocking the rope back and forth (left and right) in front of the user. Moving the rope in and out, especially with lots of rope below, is difficult if not impossible.
