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A question on doubles 13-Aug-2010 At 4:25:52 PM hargs

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I own a couple of Mammut half-ropes, so that link is pretty much what I've been going by. A couple of things bother me though. First, they test half ropes with 55kg (instead of the 80kg used for singles) -- and I'm well north of 55 -- and second, what happens when you're climbing on the "right side" rope and you're yet to clip the "left side" rope, or you clipped it way below your last few pieces on the right side? Should you abandon the one-rope-per-side idea and clip alternate ropes so you'll catch on both ropes rather than just the one?

Apologies for the hijack, but I might get this back on route: If the one rope per side idea is good and it's OK to fall on one half rope, then you should be able to split them up. I'm not convinced though.