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Rope Recommendations 9-Jan-2012 At 12:57:52 PM laan

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On 9/01/2012 cruze wrote:
>My recommendations for 95%+ of all of the following:
>Sport: single 60m
>Multipitch Trad on clean rock: single 60 m
>"Easy" peaks with snow plods: single 60 m
>Multipitch alpine rock: doubles 50-60m.

I tend to agree with the principle of keeping it simple... I've been mostly climbing on a 60m single so far, but have started running into the need for doubles. My doubles would mostly be used on routes such as Birdman at Araps (i.e, to reduce drag on winding/zig zagging single pitch routes), areas such as Bungonia (for more efficient descent raps etc), and Perrys Lookdown/Pierces Pass in Blue Mountains (for feeling slightly less worried about those knife edge iron bands and for +30m access/bail raps). I'm still not entirely convinced about the advantage (for me) of longer than 50m doubles, but will at least consider 60ies...

I think having a single rope that is 70m or longer is pretty useful for many long sports routes, especially in Europe. Another advantage is that you can cut the ends when they get worn out and still have a +60m rope in good shape.