Does anyone climb ddrt on 11m rope?

[lop and top]

i use 11m areis with my sj, i have tryed it with 8mm cord and a vt but didnt feel 100% comfy to be honest. prussic fine tho surprise surprise. good old faithful!!!

[RopeKnight]

11mm for me. the weight and handling is great.

For me the grip is in the knuckles of the fist. I need to curl the fingers with rope fit in snuggly and not grip in the palm.

I climb bare handed/gloveless and find the cramps or hand fatique not much different than 13mm.

Cheets

[Arran Turner]

I've always climbed on 13mm line and really Like it easy to grip a big weighty so easy to footlock and works well on prussic as standard and also using a hitch climber, I climbed on a knut which would self tend after about 3m and that was using Marlow gecko climbing line and Marlow boa cord ( as cheap as it all gets)

Try before you buy when it comes to thinner rope get on a rec climb and have a go on much as possible, I did and couldn't get in with any I tried just felt too small even though it was a matter of mm lol.

 

Goodluck bud

 

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[Wouter]

Footlocking long distances will change your opinion about weight ;-)

[Joe Loggs]

Hi joe,

 

I climb on velocity 11mm and have done for a while its a fantastic rope for mechanical devices bet when it comes

To hitches it doesn't make much difference than having a thicker rope other than being a pain to grip in the wet! A ideal rope for the best of both would be tachyon 11.5 or poison ivy 11.7which is a fantastic rope on a hitch with lots of flex, but also ok if you plan to switch to mechanical.

 

 

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[Joe Newton]

Cheers guys. Got me some velocity in the end. Its lovely, and so far it hasn't been that much of a pain to grip.

 

Can't very well try before I buy since the nearest retailer is well over an hour away.

 

I don't do very much foot locking, but its something I'd like to improve upon.

[Pete Mctree]

Hi Joe,

 

I use Mammut 11mm and 8mm combo and love it, nice and light but still class 1 rated at 2800 kilos. Used it as a fire service rope rescue all rounder and can't fault it. Confidence inspiring and totally trustworthy but obviously we're all different in our likes/dislikes. Give it a go mate, all the best,

 

Jamie

 

Is the Mammut line constructed to deal with the heat & abrasion an arb line is subject too?

 

If it's a static kernmantle then it might be good for static line srt work, but not for dDrt

[MORTY]

Been climbing on samson arbormaster 13mm but planning on ordering 30m of samson velocity 'hot' and 50m of donaghys cougar blue so will be interesting to see how i get on with the thinner ropes.

 

I had a bit of a play on velocity and seemed to be able to grip it fine and the light weight was a big plus and footlocking on is great so cant wait to have a proper climb when i get it.Any recommended prussic cord for velocity?thinking 8mm armorpruss

 

cheers

Mike

[jamiep]

Is the Mammut line constructed to deal with the heat & abrasion an arb line is subject too?

 

If it's a static kernmantle then it might be good for static line srt work, but not for dDrt

 

Hi Pete,

Yeah it's class A rated for any use - industrial, rescue, arb etc. Arb work is much kinder to all ropes than industrial IMO, I've worked in all 3 sectors and experienced rope wear/damage etc.

 

The weight is a major advantage too. Also |I tend to let my rope grabs/VT's etc grip the rope so the hand wear isn't a problem either, cheers,

 

Jamie