Rope bag suggestion

Lou C wrote: Climbing gear and clothing will go in a backpack as my carryon. Rope will go into a small compressible bag that will be my "personal item".

Hopefully nobody is too snarky about your carry-on item weight. The limit for my international flight was 7kg but they let 10 slide b/c laptops are heavy (a 16kg bag was a no-go). Hopefully that bag weighs less than 20lbs. If its heavy and you get it through security some carriers let you gate-check a bag for free but that may be dependent upon the distance you're travelling.

When I travel internationally, I just bring a 6'x3' or so piece of tyvek. It doubles as a rope tarp and a ground cloth to sleep on, costs a couple dollars and is super light. It's easy to grab the corners and carry the rope from route to route.

A.Javi.Gecko wrote: Hopefully nobody is too snarky about your carry-on item weight. The limit for my international flight was 7kg but they let 10 slide b/c laptops are heavy (a 16kg bag was a no-go). Hopefully that bag weighs less than 20lbs. If its heavy and you get it through security some carriers let you gate-check a bag for free but that may be dependent upon the distance you're travelling.

Pack is under 20 lbs. I'm packing light since I will have to carry this around with me everywhere anyway.

Brandon Gottung wrote:When I travel internationally, I just bring a 6'x3' or so piece of tyvek. It doubles as a rope tarp and a ground cloth to sleep on, costs a couple dollars and is super light. It's easy to grab the corners and carry the rope from route to route.

Nice call on the tyvek. I usually stuff an old 1 man tent footprint into the bottom of my bag for that very purpose! Tyvek would maybe be more packable.

+1 for tarps, etc. works well and packs down small. i would always coil and backpack my rope anyway when leaving so its nice just for hopping around sandy crags. Also, if you really want to you can tie it to the end of a stick and carry it around like a hobo. it works surprisingly well

Just a heads up, Ive been to more than one airport that would not let me carry my rope on the plane as a carry on. It wasn't because of weight, but because it was a safety concern. They saw it as a weapon.

Pretty sure both times it was in Asia, but just thought it was worth mentioning.

Ryan Williams wrote:Just a heads up, Ive been to more than one airport that would not let me carry my rope on the plane as a carry on. It wasn't because of weight, but because it was a safety concern. They saw it as a weapon. Pretty sure both times it was in Asia, but just thought it was worth mentioning.

Mexican airlines too. Thought I was gonna tie up the crew and have my way with their weeemun.