Your rope climber sounds troubled. I'm not sure the analogy holds. If the rope climber is the same person who purchased the rope, then they get a Darwin award!

Your rope climber sounds troubled. I'm not sure the analogy holds. If the rope climber is the same person who purchased the rope, then they get a Darwin award! Otherwise need more detail: is the rope on loan? What's the licensing structure of the rope? Is the license still attached to the rope somehow?