Climbing Lines

dc59222 · May 19, 2007

I currently use a New England Safety Blue climbing line that is about 150 Feet long. I want to buy a 120 foot line, but I do not know what brand to purchase. My ropes never see false crotches or pulleys so it needs to be durable in the natural crotch setup. I use both the blakes and the taughtline hitch, because of the friction I have not dabbled in the VT or other hitches. My boss uses arbormaster( gold and blue streak as well as the red black and white varient) as lowering lines so that option is out.

geofore · May 19, 2007

ropes

You can get ropes in many colors, yellow jacket or pro stripe from Sherrill is green and yellow or Black Max from Bailey's black and white stripe? It's hard to tell from your post whether you want a different color so your rope stands out from the rest or you want advice on which type of rope to use for climbing. Look at the online catalogs of the advertizers at the top of the page and select a rope in the make and color you want so your rope is not mistaken for the boss's rope on the job. It is a good thing to have the colors different to tell what rope does what job so no one is mistakenly using your climbing line to lower limbs.

okietreedude1 · May 19, 2007

Since your already climbing on NE, why not stick w/ it and use the hi-v as your shorter rope? That way you have the same composition that your used to, its just a different color.

As for a rope that will handle the natural crotch forces, every rope made in our industry will handle it. Thats what theyre made for.

treesandsurf · May 19, 2007

XTC

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JonnyHart · May 20, 2007

My velocity got retired, and my new line is Yale XTC fire. If I was blind, I wouldn't be able to tell it apart from bluestreak. It's a good line if you like 1/2" 16 strand.

mtvigilante · May 20, 2007

I agree with the New England Hi-vee safety blue..I use it all the time, and after a long time of natural crotching, it still holds up great. I've climbed on true blue a couple of times, and like it too.

for fast ascents and light weight, try the poison ivy. you'd need a short prussic and a micro-pulley, but it runs real fast in natrual crotching. I use this right along with my Hi-vee, and like the fine, quick adjustment. I just make a regular prussic, but with a book and some longer, high temp prussics, you can learn some of the new friction hitches. Some require no pulling from the tail end of the rope if you use a micropulley.

I'm thinking about trying a petzl pantin, so i don't have to body thrust all the time. A foot ascender...what a great idea?