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alpinelynx
May 12, 2003, 9:29 PM
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Do you use 'em? If so, what do you like about them (aside weight)? If you don't, any reason why not?
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atg200
May 12, 2003, 9:35 PM
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for aid climbing? no way, except for a zip line. too easy to get the chop.
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flamer
May 12, 2003, 10:35 PM
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How skinny are you talking?
josh
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alpinelynx
May 13, 2003, 8:15 PM
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anything less than 10 mm
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surforclimb
May 13, 2003, 8:54 PM
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i climb with bluewater's 9.7 lightning pro. last weekend was the second trip using that rope. tell you what. if that rope gets destroyed tomorrow i would get the same one again. the rope just flows and is extremly easy to clip when leading. you don't notice any of it's weight. i also lead witha 10.5 this weekend after my 9.7. (my rope was being used for a top rope for a friend) and the 10.5 wasn't as easy to clip and the weight was noticable.
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brutusofwyde
May 13, 2003, 9:26 PM
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Depends [TM] on the wall.
For the stuff that really scares me, Sterling 10.5 Marathon, Yates Bigwall or similar.
For... oh, let's say an FA of a 24 pitch mixed aid and free Grade V halfway up the north fork of Tuttle Creek, or HDIAD or NIAD, 9.2mm seems just fine.
Brutus
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lambone
May 13, 2003, 10:49 PM
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I just got a Mamut Supersafe for Yosemite this spring. I keep my thin ropes fresh for next winter...
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iamthewallress
May 14, 2003, 12:07 AM
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I wouldn't recommend buying one as skinny as mine (9.7) for your main wall rope. I'll use that one on walls when I'm soloing or when I'm not out for anything too committing and weight is a factor. (The Silent Partner doesn't feed well with a fatter rope.) When I do use it, I am careful to extend my pieces to keep the rope from going over sharp edges. I love it for free climbing because it's lighter and so am I, so I figure I'm at least as safe as a 200lb dude on a 10.2. If I was heading up a 'point of no return' route, I'd probably take a 10.2 and bring the thinner one as a back up/lower out line.
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renobdarb
May 14, 2003, 12:21 AM
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For long pitches i use a 9.8 or 9.7, mostly because of weight... but if it's a short climb, less than 100', i'll use a 10.2 or 10.5 ... but i trust both the same...
-b
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ricardol
May 14, 2003, 12:35 AM
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i love my double ropes
8.6 mm .. they are easy to tie and easy to clip --
-- ricardo
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alpinelynx
May 14, 2003, 2:14 AM
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holy cow, 8.7?? on a wall climb? maybe I wasn't specific enough. I meant skinny ropes on a wall climb..
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