Most "robust" climbing line...

[TTownsend]

Basically I'm currently running a Yale Blue Tongue as my climbing line with a zig zag and my line has seem to just taken a beaten. Seems to be very prone to fraying, and I'm not being a twa* in the tree and not taking any care.

 

Would just like to know other people's experiences with their climbing my lines with how robust they are and whether there's ropes out there that are worth me replacing my blue tongue with.

 

Thanks

[stihlmadasever]

Basically I'm currently running a Yale Blue Tongue as my climbing line with a zig zag and my line has seem to just taken a beaten. Seems to be very prone to fraying, and I'm not being a twa* in the tree and not taking any care.

 

Would just like to know other people's experiences with their climbing my lines with how robust they are and whether there's ropes out there that are worth me replacing my blue tongue with.

 

Thanks

 

I run 11.7 tachyon with my zigzag with no issues or fraying.

Do you use a cambium saver or pulley at your TIP?

[TTownsend]

I run 11.7 tachyon with my zigzag with no issues or fraying.

Do you use a cambium saver or pulley at your TIP?

 

Yeah, use a cambium saver everytime I climb

[Marc Lewis]

I was kindly given from silky his old blue tongue rope which i have used most days for about a year without a cambium saver and have had no issues.

[Rich Rule]

It may be a pantin plucking the fibres on the rope making it where quicker.

 

Do you use a pantin or foot ascender?

[Fredward]

Ive found Blue Tongue to be robust. My old single braid Arbormaster looked better after 3 years than my Cougar Orange looked after 3 months, I've been very disappointed how quickly it has frayed.

[silky fox]

On my second blue tongue rope now with my ZigZag...it's about six months old and is used almost every day...looks good as new.

 

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[BenR]

ive always found cougar to be pretty hardcore for a 24 strand double braid.. If you want something tougher than that i would look at 16 strand as mentioned above.

[Arrozdoce]

Hi all,

I'm looking to purchase my first treeclimb specific rope but I'm undecided about the Yale xtc, edelrid XP or the New England hivee / UV. Every time I read someone about the edelrid xp they prefer it over a XTC and others. The yale XTC is very popular and everyone says it is tuff. The new england hivee/uv is the cheaper one but I read some people pointed it is a bit "hardcover" and can slip in a frition hitch.

Anyone can help? I'm loking for a durable but also easy to use with frition hitches (hitchclimber system with distel, VT or knut) to use most of the time with a friction saver.

16 stran rope is the way to go right? I'm stuck in these 3 Iḿ really considering the NE uv/hivee for the price but i'm not much experienced.

 

Thanks in advance

[Mark Bolam]

You won't go wrong with XTC.

I've had one for years that's been a climbing line, then relegated to light rigging, pulling, towing etc.

It just refuses to die.

 

 

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