Climbing Rope
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010Climbing Rope
Need help finding/choosing an inexpensive climbing rope?
So I’m pretty new to climbing (well, other than bouldering, I’ve been doing that for years. I have good shoes, harness, carabiner, and belay device, but I’m trying to buy a rope now.
All the ropes I saw at REI were $150+, and I just don’t have that much to spend.
So I looked online, but am getting confused by all the different types and thicknesses. Like what’s the main difference the thickness makes?
Anyways, I just want a good all around rope that I can use for both rapelling, and lead climbing. I’ll probably be doing a lot more rapelling than I will lead climbing, so I need one that can stand up to all that rapelling, but still be suitable for lead climbing when I need to. I’ll just be doing fair weather climbing, and doubt I’ll ever go above 50 feet, at least not anytime soon.
What would be a good type and thickness, and where is a good place to find a great deal. I’m trying to spend about $60-$100
A good all-purpose rope for rock climbing would be a 10 or 11 mm dynamic rope about 60 meters in length. “Dry” ropes (which are chemically treated to repel water) are more expensive than “non-dry” ropes.
You do NOT want to skimp on a rope – it your life line that protects you if you fall.
REI.com has a New England Equinox dynamic dry rope (10.2 mm x 60 m) for $135; there is also a BlueWater Accelerator dynamic non-dry rope (10.5 mm x 60 m) on close out for $120 (on sale from $193!). Both of these are just a bit more than your cutoff. Half-sized ropes (30 m) are less expensive than a full 60 m rope. Also – sometimes REI has sales that members can get 20% off – look for these.
Do NOT buy a rope on ebay or at a surplus store – you don’t know what you are getting. You want to buy a rope new, not used.
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