Which Rope
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Good afternoon everyone! |
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Bluewater assault line is my personal static rope of choice for top rope anchoring. I used 50 ft sections quite often. If rigging multiple top ropes on the same wall or area I found it useful to have a 150' section but I have a gear problem. |
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Just about any short static rope would be fine for anchoring. 50' of 8-9mm is commonly available. |
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If you search the forums, you can probably find a lot of info and opinions on this topic. If I were in your shoes, I'd get the edelweiss flashlight on gear x. Its 10 mm and should be good for what you're doing. Its fairly low cost. The more you get outside, there will always be something to buy. The $ you save can pay for your static rope. You can just get that at rei or someplace like that. Might as well get some burly 11mm for the static. Just my opinion. Have fun. |
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Check out Sterling Ropes "Outlet" section. They commonly have ropes at really good deals. |
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Thank you all for your quick responses. This was really helpful. |
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Love my Mammut Infinity...I've beat the crap out of it and its still kicking, will be retired soon though |
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Nick Votto wrote:Love my Mammut Infinity...I've beat the crap out of it and its still kicking, will be retired soon thoughHi Nick How long did that rope last you so far? Did you do a lot of top roping with it? (which I hear is frowned upon for high end ropes) |
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I have an Infinity and I love it but I would choose a less expensive and thicker rope to abuse top-roping. |
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Naota wrote: Did you do a lot of top roping with it?The infinity is a solid rope, and I don't want to discourage you from considering it, but if you're likely to do a lot of top-roping I would recommend also checking out a mammut tusk (9.8mm). I've had a couple of them and they're definitely not great for everything (the sheath can be stiff, it can be a bit much for multi-pitch, or alpine, etc.), but it's an absolute work horse for logging miles at the crag. Extremely durable but still under 10mm, which is hard to over-value if you spend a lot of time out in big groups, or setting up a route and TRing it again and again, etc. |
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buy the cheapest 10mm+climbing rope that you can find ... |
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Yeah. I agree with bearbreeder. +1 for mammut ropes. It's not a bad idea to have two ropes. Get a cheap workhorse for top roping, and something more supple and lower in diameter for leading. However, if you're really into climbing, you might find that you're not top roping for long and will hardly use that 10.2! |
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I see ropes as consumables, and as has just been mentioned, spending more doesn't generally get you more days of useable rope life. So I buy cheap, and don't shed any tears when it's time to retire a rope from lead use to TR duty. |
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if you can find a dynamic rope 50m or longer for $90, buy it. that's incredible. My last rope was 150, and was on sale. 60m is a great length for an all around rope. personally I run a 50m and a 70m for longer routes. If you can find a 50m for cheaper, i would say go for it, but that's just me. |
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Thank you all for this information. |
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You made a fine choice. |