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Onlyoriginal
Jul 15, 2012, 7:47 AM
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Is there such a thing that can be used to climb?
Is there a company who makes hemp ropes for rock climbing?
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sungam
Jul 15, 2012, 12:10 PM
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Uh, why would you want to?
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anthonymason
Jul 15, 2012, 1:58 PM
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There are companies that make hemp rope, mostly for marine use, But SunJam? said it best.
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dagibbs
Jul 15, 2012, 4:11 PM
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Onlyoriginal wrote: Is there such a thing that can be used to climb? Is there a company who makes hemp ropes for rock climbing?
Hemp rope has very low stretch -- why would you want to use it for climbing?
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FalloutMan
Jul 15, 2012, 4:25 PM
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I dont think it would be very smart at all. The tensile strength isnt the same as a real climbing rope and it wont stretch much so taking a lead fall will result in a broken back after all that energy gets transferred straight to your hips instead of being absorbed by the rope.
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potreroed
Jul 15, 2012, 5:08 PM
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We stopped using hemp ropes 50 years ago for good reason.
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iknowfear
Jul 15, 2012, 6:20 PM
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Onlyoriginal wrote: Is there such a thing that can be used to climb? Is there a company who makes hemp ropes for rock climbing?
Even when they did the historic re-enactment in 2001 of the eiger first ascent they cheated by using a hybrid rope (a hemp rope with a kernmantel core).
Why would you want a hemp rope?
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