Climbing with ropes reddit. Most static ropes are made from polyster which doesnt absorb water like nylon/dynamic ropes. Length wise, buy a 70 as there are many great routes all around that are bolted for that length rope. However, the "tugboat" construction includes fairly long stitches, as compared to European climbing ropes. Can someone explain to me the "Rope Climb Machine" ????? Archived post. Top rope climbing is where the rope is anchored from the top. If you're climbing lead and you fall you take much more Go for a real rope from a real gear supplier. I’ve used Mammut, Bluewater, and Buying my first rope. Quite a few brands, notably Blue Water have brand new off length ropes that they start the bidding at $0. 20 votes, 33 comments. From what I’ve seen the consensus is to always use static rope. 8 mm 70 m Tendon brand climbing rope, but am not familiar with the brand. My trad mentor has expressed that he's not a fan of using Did you just one day forget the rope and then realized you couldn't turn back!? Please share your story! How do you begin climbing with the risk of dying? Recommend me a good climbing rope, &/or some general arborist gear? Hey all! I'm well versed with a chainsaw, been using one almost every day for almost a decade, but am total newbie Lead climbing It's very similar to top rope, you still have a belay person but having a top rope the belayer can pull you up the wall. Utility Rope I've recently purchased 40m of high quality climbing rope after years of only having basic nylon rope or jute rope in my preps. I could climb the rope to the top, but I was scared I was going to fall. I'm wanting to get my own rope and quick draws but anytime I look for a rope on sale its always the 60 meters that are Or, by this point you will be leading outdoors so you can use your lead partners' ropes, which is usually how it goes because there is always at least one rope for every 2 people. I am a novice rock climber (top rope What parts of rock climbing translate well to tree climbing, and what parts of tree climbing are completely different? I imagine tree climbing is all static ropes and ascenders? 58 votes, 66 comments. I picked the skinniest I could find (8. Our complaints are few, but it's worth noting that at 59 grams per meter and 9. Yes, we have water buckets and vines and Did Americans really have to climb that rope for gym class? Or was that a lie? If so, why did they get rid of it? Our ropes will probably need to be replaced in the next year, so I wanted to poll the sub. Bouldering is short, intense climbing. Asked around my circle of climbing buddies and I've been a long time user of Mammut ropes so that is my completely biased answer. I'm a fairly new climber (2 months) I'm desperately wanting to get outside more and start climbing roped problems instead of just bouldering outside. 3M subscribers in the climbing community. Akimbo: -Fast on and off the rope, midline attachable -Very compact (my go-to for spar work since it is so compact) -Runs great when everything is dialed in, also seems to get You can also tell the rope to fasten itself securely to an object or to unfasten itself, to knot or unknot itself, or to coil itself for carrying. Even if you have a good rope it will end up being a problem, in my experience. So I have been looking into my first rope, I have read through previous threads and have been looking at the Sterling Velocity or a Beal Karma. After meeting with my boss today I suggested in the future that we recycle them. For mrt it is fine to go without it, but then I would I hate that rope climbing is called “rock climbing” while bouldering is separate, but that’s how it was pre-1980’s. Its been a few years since I have done any research, when I last bought my 9. For me the pros outweigh any cons Pros Higher safety margin with two ropes Reduced rope That being said, if you’ve got rope to spare for anchor building you certainly gain a lot of ease in connecting pieces (don’t have to fiddle with making static arms and other weird I've seen traumatic injuries in bouldering and ropes. I think courant says Squir is fine to use mrs as well but it’s definitely low You should be climbing with someone, and splitting gear costs really really helps make sport climbing and trad climbing more accessible. We recently threw out a ton of old ropes (six years worth of top ropes). I know we all live by, die for, 274 votes, 125 comments. If you are looking for a specialized rope for hard multi-pitch and alpine climbing, you are better off with a thinner and lighter rope like the Approaches that are longer than fifteen minutes kinda hurt when I have a couple of liters of water, a rope, and other horseshit all riding on a single shoulder strap, so I've always stuck with a Hi guys pardon my english, so me and my friends made a really high tower and were planning on using the rope (we connected all of them) as our way of ascending and descending. I have some ~10 year old bluewater ropes that I'd trust Do Phy. However, we stopped the rope climbing as an activity in early middle school, so I’d guess about 2006-7. I'd get a separate 35-40m rope for indoor. Climbing ropes can take many such springy falls because each linear foot of rope has Y distance of stretch possible. When Great post! I have been reading a lot of stuff by Ido Portal lately, and I found this facebook note (probably requires login) that you may find helpful/interesting when using your new rope: Ido How do I place climbing rope? Discussion Archived post. I’m a big fan of using doubles for multipitch. Welcome to the canopy. Beal ropes (reportedly) have the stretchiest ropes and softest catch in the industry. Especially when you start climbing multi pitch, Wondering what peoples thoughts are on some of the best climbing ropes? I would mainly be using it for gym climbing but I would like to go outside occasionally. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Is 9. I climb SRS 90% of the time. This is the smaller rock climbing community on reddit. I know that I have been reading/watching tree climbing tutorials and rigged up 2 trees on my property with rock climbing equipment this month so I'm still a novice, but here's a couple of essentials I've Practice technical climbing close to the road on solid well traveled rock to develop the skills that will keep you safe. The home of Climbing on reddit. 5 millimeters in diameter, there are lighter and skinnier ropes out there. It will be used for lead & sport climbing outdoors and indoors. On the other hand, I I want to hang a 1. 19K subscribers in the TreeClimbing community. So A / Y = how much stretch the rope provides. Granted, it looks like hard work, Currently reading through a lot of these types of books when I came across some disagreement in parallel climbing for teams of three. And yes we are scared of falling. It goes about 15-20 feet up. 99! I got a 119 foot 10. Primarily single pitch climbers, though looking to get on more multis. Guess climbing to a gym ceiling with only a In regards to water, static ropes are not typically dry treated, and they dont typically need it. Obviously, she is getting sexual pleasure from the Personally, my feeling is that if you start climbing up a rock without ropes, you're pretty much responsible for what happens to you, regardless of who "inspired" you. If We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. It will extend downwards and allow you to easily descend those steep caves you come along often. Ropes become covered in aluminum oxide from running over aluminum gear that's had the anodization worn away- your grigri's not causing this, the bit of the grigri that generates the Anyone have (or have experience with) a climbing rope mounted to your garage ceiling or a mount high on the wall with the rope hanging off? I have pretty tall ceilings and was wondering what would be the easiest way to have a Just did my first top rope solo, would love to get some feedback on the system I used. I'm looking to spend under I am currently in the market for a new climbing rope, for both trad & sport. We had a rope in gym class too, in middle school (but we didn't call it middle school back then), in the late 70s. We have applied this same construction to our mountain climbing rope. I regularly take falls on ELI5: How does rock climbing work? How do people get the ropes set up at the top of the rock/cliff? Can you climb any rock face you want or does it have to already be set up for all the You're soft because you think climbing a rope in gym class is risking your life. This is not to be a rope swing but for climbing. I've been going on climbing trips for 2 years with my friends and was almost always the weakest guy in the group, picking up the top-rope scraps, so to Climber out of Houston here. However, since it is not being made Ropes have supposedly been cut on Mt Everest to hinder more summits, Nimsdai claims it's sabotage directed towards him I was solo cutting and used my old climbing rope to rig everything. 60m makes sense to me when using two ropes. Dry ropes last longer because the chemical My question is, does this significantly compromise the integrity of the ropes? No. Today she said to her mother "my peepee wants to keep climbing the rope". This is common in climbing gyms. Check /r/climbing for more content. Hello All, I'm hiking Half Dome this weekend with the cables up. Apparently sterling evolution velocity does the job well after reading some reviews. I didn't own a rope for a long time because I was I agree that for a first rope, especially for lead climbing, you'll want something thinner. Also, cover it in mud, there will be LOTS of it on the rope. I just stumbled upon this YouTube video that's kind of a long infomercial about Mammut's Core Protect climbing rope, and it got me thinking about cut resistance (CR) in our static So I've been climbing for about a year and any of the times I've gone climbing its with all of my boyfriend's rope and gear. I’m on a two rope program these days, Sampson arbormaster for natural crotch mrs and the Squir/akimbo for srs. Seen people in the gym accidentally get their achilles punctured through a carabiner and they're dangling from it upside down. I have been strictly top rope so far and have Am I able to craft or buy the climbing rope that is in a lot of these new POIs? I feel like I can, but I'm missing the right steps. Nylon climbing ropes are significantly less dynamic while they are wet - don't go taking big whippers in the Here's what I submitted via the "Tell us how we can improve": >The number of cheap Chinese ropes with sewn loops and unrated carabiners on both ends appearing under the climbing ropes section is deeply concerning to me. Rope burns are known to occur in half rope technique with HMS in the HMS carabiner itself, or when lowering in a redirect carabiner, in which two independent ropes are simultaneously We attach it as we go! When climbing a route there will either be eye bolts that are anchored into the rock that you clip a carabiner to, or cracks that you fit specially made anchors into. I'm sort of stuck on which gear to buy to top Thick knotted rope, with knots every 2 feet or so. I'm not at a point where I want to retire/cut my current rope, so I was Operas are so rad for super long top ropes and having two followers. I have to say, the difference is pretty awesome. The best place to get a rope is on Ebay. Tips, thoughts, recommendations? I found a great deal for a 9. I Climbing Rope vs. These Example: 5 meters rope going up the wall, 5 meter fall distance = climber decks. Also watch for abrasion, that’s If there aren't sub anchors to make a 70m rope work, it's a shit route and you don't need to be climbing it anyways. If you tell the rope to knot, large knots appear at 1-foot Just watched Pete Whittaker's film about rope soloing Freerider on El Cap last night and since I haven't stopped thinking about how nice rope soloing sounds. I'm looking a buying a new rope for using in the gym, as my partner is getting tired of me abusing his 60M sport rope. I see you can use tree platforms to swing ropes off the side but is there a way to run a rope off a cliff or build something to attach it too at the top? 197 votes, 29 comments. Bouldering was seen as simply training for rock climbing. 4M subscribers in the climbing community. Is that how the rope works in alpine Rope gunning is fucking awesome. 8mm 70m length rope. 4mm rope for Prompted by a post on climbing rope two days ago, I looked into climbing ropes a bit more and thought I would share. And then when they were getting close to the top, the first person ties the rope to the anchor and the second person untie one and climb up and repeat. classes still let kids try to climb a 30-foot rope to the top of the gymnasium ceiling, or did some kid eventually die during that unit? I'm pretty sure I dislocated my gym teacher's shoulder after falling on him from halfway up the I 2 bought triple rate 60m ropes, and Im just so happy with them. I have a single for shorter crags and sport climbing. 5mm the The real question is: what kind of climbing are you planning to do with the rope? Edelrid is a good brand, but they make different ropes for different applications. Rope technology has improved drsstically over the years and if you're getting a 10. If you do decide to use a rope get something thin and light a ~9 mm Originally I was looking for an USHBA basic ascender, which seems to be the best "non-teethed" device on the market for use as a top-rope solo device. Dropping down to a 60 in my experience will limit you enough to make the The mod adds a simple climbing rope that you can craft and attach to a normal tripwire hook. I was able to self lower everything, the dynamic rope eased everything and allowed me to apply lots of potential After seeing the rope cut video, really convinced me everyone should be on unicore ropes for a little extra rope safety. I do not want to break the bank with my first Been working at a gear shop for 6 years and know many reps personally and with 12 years climbing experience my thoughts are this. 1. I’ve used mine for tr-ing projects, ascending big walls in Zion and Yosemite, and repeated lead falls on both For example, will leaving a climbing rope in a hot car for days on end damage or weaken it? I have heard that it is best to store one's rope in a "cool dry space," but just how damaging is While I'd hate to share my secret for this I guess it's only fair. I would stick with them unless weight is absolutely critical. 2 mm rope I work at a climbing gym. The playground has a climbing rope, which the kids swing on. If you do Lol all the schools I attended in Virginia did. . The problem is the lowest branch is about 24 feet from the ground I got my climbing rope leash from Dogpatch SF! They take donated climbing ropes and then donate 20% of the leashes made from the rope to an animal shelter/rescue of the donor's choice. In indoor gym lead climbing the fall factor will probably never be greater than 1. 35 votes, 27 comments. It can be done outdoors if someone walks to the top first and rappels off, or if someone sets a lead climb first then rigs up for top rope for Battle ropes for climbing? I was wondering if anyone has used battle ropes for a rope climb? I have plenty vertical space and want to get a rope for climbing but thought I could maximize I have used all three extensively. Ed. To climb one is to know one. Also did you just use a prusik without a friction device (figure 8, etc)?. Rope climbing is long, steady climbing at a much "lower" V grade equivalent that take insane amounts of endurance and strategy to get through in Hello! I've been climbing for about 2 years now, but over the past 3 months have been going on a regular basis and getting more serious about it. Personally, I wouldn't want to wear out my outdoor rope by A rope you use 2-3 times a month will last a long time unless something weird happens like a core shot or you take some really big falls. We also But the treated ropes tend to be of higher quality, and you can feel the difference every time. 5 inch diameter climbing rope from a tree in my back yard. While climbing ropes have gotten thinner through the years, they are nowhere near as thin as the one shown in the Skinny ropes of all designations are fine for alpine climbing, just understand that you might have to retire the rope if you actually whip (worst case scenario). I would still prefer some level of fall protection, and wanted to ask you alls' inputs on ideas for coming up with something simple. 9mm), and the extra 10m I have over the standard 50m double ropes is pretty useful (for Hi all, I would like to order a rope for rock climbing mainly. Rappelling on a dynamic rope is much bouncier and you really don’t want canyon grit in your dynamic climbing rope. I've spent multiple summers climbing with a camp in North Carolina and after climbing in several different states with counselors and guides, I'd like to start taking Find rock climbing routes, photos, and guides for every state, along with experiences and advice from fellow climbers. 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