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Would you bring a rope on a solo Europe road trip? 6-Oct-2005 At 10:39:05 AM dr_fil_good

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I'm doing the same jig next year - first of all a 2 month bike ride accross China - then travelling Europe for up to six months but more likely three months before heading back to Nepal and then to Canada (chasing the weather).

I'm still trying to work out my baggage blues. I have a monster rack and I wanna take the whole thing with me but finding belay buddies may prove tough (and dangerous!! as I've experienced with randomly rocking up in places and trusting people). When I'm done in China I'm just giving my bike away so it'll just be me, my panniers and a ropes bag - when I find a new rucksack the panniers will have to go too. It's such a _MAJOR HASSLE_ combining sports on the trip!!!

It's great to hear about the 70m rope bit - I suppose dry ropes would be mega handy over there two - were you twin / double roping or just hauling the second rope? I currently twin or double a 60m when necessary.

It'd be nice to know about whether you can rock up without a rack in Europe, Nepal, Canada etc. and climb low grades ('cause I'm pretty much a below average climber in terms of climbing ability).

I'd love to hear more from people who are seasoned travellers to Europe, Canada etc. Especially from people who aren't well known in the climbing community
Phil