Rope for SRT

[Matthew Burton]

I'm looking at getting myself a dedicated rope for SRT. What type and what length would you reccommend? Good experiences and bad, I'd like to hear them all.

 

It's gotta be between 11mm and 13mm to suit my kit.

 

Thanks

 

Matt

Edited January 11, 2011 by Matthew Burton
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[Roni Macdonald]

been using 150m 11mm static LSK for 3 yrs. no problems. Only use when best for access.Best to get long enough to be lowered by groundsman in an emergency.

[Paul Smith]

been using 150m 11mm static LSK for 3 yrs. no problems. Only use when best for access.Best to get long enough to be lowered by groundsman in an emergency.

 

150m? That's a loooooooooong rope! How many trees do you climb that need 150m? If you work on the assumption of 33% per leg that still means having 50m legs.

[WeeDee]

I use 11mm LSK aswell.

 

I think it's great to climb on but too stiff to have great 'handling'. But then, I don't use it for its handling characteristics.

[WeeDee]

been using 150m 11mm static LSK for 3 yrs. no problems. Only use when best for access.Best to get long enough to be lowered by groundsman in an emergency.

 

150m !

 

or should that be " lowered by groundsman in a different county"

[BenR]

If you are just using it for access I dont see much point in making it lowerable. 99% of your work is going to be done from the normal climbing line and that cant be lowered by ground staff. If on the otherhand you are working the whole tree using SRT with a unicender or rope wrench then making your system lowerable is a great idea. Just my humble opinion.

[Matthew Burton]

If you are just using it for access I dont see much point in making it lowerable. 99% of your work is going to be done from the normal climbing line and that cant be lowered by ground staff. If on the otherhand you are working the whole tree using SRT with a unicender or rope wrench then making your system lowerable is a great idea. Just my humble opinion.

 

This is my trouble, I cant decide if I wan't a lowerable system or not as I'm unlikely ever to work from an SRT system. What are the chances of having a problem asending to the canopy to install my DRT system?

[WeeDee]

I agree, although one situation I can think of is when you set up an adjustable TIP ie. static rope placed over a crotch - pulley (with climbing line) hoisted into the tree with static line and then static tied off. In an emergency, the climber (and climbing line) may be lowered on static line.

[Matthew Burton]

I agree, although one situation I can think of is when you set up an adjustable TIP ie. static rope placed over a crotch - pulley (with climbing line) hoisted into the tree with static line and then static tied off. In an emergency, the climber (and climbing line) may be lowered on static line.

 

Good idea but I'm a fan of keeping things simple. Having said that it'd make resque both simpler and faster!

[BenR]

I agree, although one situation I can think of is when you set up an adjustable TIP ie. static rope placed over a crotch - pulley (with climbing line) hoisted into the tree with static line and then static tied off. In an emergency, the climber (and climbing line) may be lowered on static line.

 

Yea that is a good idea. Just important to remember that if you do that it is still essentially a ground anchored SRT system in terms of the forces at the TIP ie double your weight on the anchor point so you cant tie in quite a high as if you were on a normal climbing system. Sorry if I am stating the obvious. On the plus side the rope only has to then be twice the length of the height to the anchor point