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Ropes 27-Oct-2015 At 5:39:52 PM surfziggy
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Steve from Rock Hardware sorted me out with a nice new Sterling Marathon Pro. We've used it twice so far and it seems good. Initially it was a little slick through the Grigri, but that didn't last long. It's nice and gentle to fall on too. Hopefully I'll be able to report back soon that it wearing well too, it certainly seems like a work horse compared to the Mammut or the Beals. It seemed a bit weird tying into such a fat rope, but it knots nicely. And when I started climbing I didn't really notice the extra weight. In any case round here there ain't much over 15m. So we're only talking about 150g extra at the top of a pitch.

I actually bothered to read the instructions on uncoiling this time (first time ever after 15-20 years climbing), and I reckon it actually made a big difference to the handling straight out the bag. I did the unlooping 4 coils each side. Then I hung a draw up at head height and pulled the entire rope through end to end. Then repeated this 3 more times. The result - no twisting going through the grigri and no tangles. I may actually read other instructions in future.

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