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Sterling Ion 2 9.4 bicolor

Used it on ice maybe 30 times and after the first 5 it started leaving tiny bits of rope at the top binner when doing TR laps on ice. Lots of red snow from it too.

Super fuzzy now, not sure how long I'm gonna take it into this ice season. It's only mildly water resistant now anyways.

Now my mammut 10.5 is a BEAST, can't hurt it at all! Just soaks up like 20 pounds on water in wet ice conditions...

Locker wrote:UPDATE: New England Maxim Rope: They did finally send me a replacement (Re the "Mousing" of mine). I haven't heard back from them however, on the "reverse engineering" they claimed they would be doing. Of the two reasons they said could cause it, one being human error, the other being a violent fall, considering that I didn't take a huge whipper, it could only be human error.

I've always thought that pulling too much twist through a rope could pervert the interior braid and cause that... I've noticed it in localized areas of a few ropes over the years after a hard twisty pull/rap. I could always massage the localized areas out.
Ask NE what they think of that proposition as a possible cause?

My fastest rope to retire story is. . .
With my friends new rope, PMI I think but I don't remember it been a couple of years now. We headed out to try a new route to work as a project. We arrived stoked and ready to go. we harnessed up and my buddy pulls out a new rope still in the plastic and flakes er out.
He climbs first and while working the route misses a bolt and heads to the next one about 60 or so feet up. He pops off of the crux and takes a good 30+ footer with a slight right trend to the route over a roof. The rope catches a flake/crystal/sharp something and with the pendulum along with the edge of the roof the rope gets striped about two feet of the sheath exposing the core. Not even one whole climb out of it.

New England Glider 10.2, great rope, very durable sheath, lasts a long time. Have had 2 used for sport and trad, cragging and multi-pitch over the last 3-4 years used on weekends. Highly recommended.

Dylan Weldin wrote:I would highly recommend a 9.8-10.2mm to replace your cord... Check SuperTopo's rope review for durability considerations: http://www.outdoorgearlab.com/Climbing-Rope-Reviews/Ratings I also take bearbreeder and Locker's advice to heart: Steal of the century?

Interesting how "catch" seems to bear little relation to dynamic elongation in their tests. They don't mention any durability tests other than climbing with them. The tests sound very subjective and perhaps guided by price. I also follow bearbreeder's advice. For example I've had a couple of very cheap Elelrid Condors I've been very pleased with in terms of handling, durability and catch. Not many long routes where we climb so weight is not an issue for us.

I bought a mammut tusk recently. I have abused it, practice falls, cragging, and alpine. Looks pretty good still. Just a bit of fuzz. Also the lap coiled packaging is so obvious! Other manufacturers need to catch on to that one!

SirChips-A-Lot = CallumRD1 ? If so, brilliant.

Abram Herman wrote:SirChips-A-Lot = CallumRD1 ? If so, brilliant.

Not quite, unfortunately.

I once had a brand new Sterling 9.4 sever completely after a large block of ice fell on it. Certainly the manufactures fault...
p.s. why's nobody climbing on 10 mm anymore!?

CallumRD1 = Bates college student stoked to live so close to Shagg?

Has anyone used the Roca Kalymnos ropes. Can't find any information on them.

CaptainMo wrote:CallumRD1 = Bates college student stoked to live so close to Shagg?

Not bad, although I have climbed in the Whites more than in Maine as a friend of mine with a car (unfortunately just graduated) lives half way between North Conway, NH and school.

VARMENT wrote:I once had a brand new Sterling 9.4 sever completely after a large block of ice fell on it. Certainly the manufactures fault... p.s. why's nobody climbing on 10 mm anymore!?

70M * 10mm >> heavier and larger in the pack than 70M * 9.4mm.
Just evolution. Free climbers don't carry big racks of BD ovals either.