On 13/03/2017 Phillipivan wrote:
>I have a long length of 7mm AC for rapping on.
That brings back memories of how I got into climbing in 1971. I started out abseiling on a No. 2 hawser laid nylon rope which is roughly equivalent to a 7mm kernamantle rope. As you say, it works fine if you're careful about friction, but thin ropes can get mighty "bouncy" at the end! :-) |