well as comprising an evaluation unit for evaluating the rope parameter and for providing a discard signal in dependence on the rope parameter evaluation in accordance with the invention the detection device of the apparatus for recognizing the discard state comprises a plurality of differently configured detection means for a magnetic mechanical optical and or electronic detection of a plurality of different rope parameters which can be evaluated by the evaluation unit individually and or in combination with one another for recognizing the discard state application_number US 201313950204 A description fig1 shows by way of example for lifting gear in accordance with an advantageous embodiment of the invention a crane in the form of as revolving tower crane 20 which revolves at the top and whose tower 21 is supported on a carriage or on a stationary base a boom 23 is pivotably connected to the tower 21 in a luffable manner about a horizontal axis in a manner known per se and is guyed via a guying rope arrangement 24 the named guying rope arrangement 24 can be varied in its length via a guying rope winch 25 so that the working angle of the boom 23 can be changed for this purpose a guy rope.