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billcoe_
Nov 12, 2010, 4:18 AM
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dartbyno wrote: I have a 10mm rope for top roping, but for sport routes i would like something smaller and lighter. Any suggestions?
I just got back form Red Rocks. DO NOT buy the Petzl 9.4. We hd one and it was both amazingly stiff for a relatively new rope, and would kink crazy bad. Adam and Ujahn took it up Epinephirne one day and said that they spent @ 25 min unkinking it....the kinks were @ 20 feet of the end, and the thing got stuck on some flakes. We wound up taking a 70 meter 10.2 Beal as it was soft and ran better through pro. It was much heavier, but a stiff cable effectively becomes more weight as it won't run freely through biners.
As said above, New England and Blue water (9.4 Dominator) both make real sweet skinny ropes.
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dan2see
Nov 12, 2010, 5:24 AM
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Always buy the rope with the coolest color.
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justroberto
Nov 12, 2010, 3:52 PM
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billcoe_ wrote: dartbyno wrote: I have a 10mm rope for top roping, but for sport routes i would like something smaller and lighter. Any suggestions? I just got back form Red Rocks. DO NOT buy the Petzl 9.4. We hd one and it was both amazingly stiff for a relatively new rope, and would kink crazy bad. Adam and Ujahn took it up Epinephirne one day and said that they spent @ 25 min unkinking it....the kinks were @ 20 feet of the end, and the thing got stuck on some flakes. We wound up taking a 70 meter 10.2 Beal as it was soft and ran better through pro. It was much heavier, but a stiff cable effectively becomes more weight as it won't run freely through biners.
...until I got about 20-25 days of climbing on it. Once it mellowed out, it was pretty sweet. I still wouldn't buy another one, but I don't feel like I completely wasted $200 any longer.
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adam14113
Nov 12, 2010, 5:04 PM
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I am surprised no one mentioned this little baby ...
8.9 Serenity by Mammut for when I am sporting in my onsight range ... don't recommend it for dogging up a route or Disneylanding your rope-gunned
http://www.mammut.ch/en/productDetail/201001320_v_4120_60_89_0/8.9+Serenity.html;jsessionid=32901DB898637B46858C46175626DCD5
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justroberto
Nov 12, 2010, 5:38 PM
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Flossy!
I have shoelaces thicker than that.
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xaniel2000
Nov 15, 2010, 9:43 PM
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dan2see wrote: Always buy the rope with the coolest color.
haha, this +1
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bill413
Nov 17, 2010, 4:30 AM
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xaniel2000 wrote: dan2see wrote: Always buy the rope with the coolest color. haha, this +1
You laugh!
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