New rope...

[Little Butch]

After 2 years with my stretchy marlow rope, I've decided that it's time to treat myself to a new mainline!

 

I'm hoping to head out on The Gambia trip and have been advised to take a 45/50metre rope. So just looking for some recommendations...

 

Been looking at the blue tongue which I've read good things about?

 

Could also do with a new short line too now I think of it!

 

I'm using a vt system on my mainline but a trusty prussik on my short line still.

I've been meaning to get round to buying another pulley etc for that so now seems as good a time as ever. Seen some awesome looking short lines on the thread recently, so any recommendations for those as well?

[silky fox]

When I saw you mention Blue Tongue I had to respond. On my Second 37m one...it works amazingly well with Spiderjack, ZigZag and Prussick loop!

[Little Butch]

Yeah, I've read loads of good things about it! My current rope may as well be a bungee rope! Think it's £153 for a 45m length from frjones...

[Arran Turner]

Been on BT for a month and it's a nice rope, good in hand and works well with my SJ, plenty static enough for SRT too IMO

[silky fox]

Arran knows a good thing when he sees it ay bro? Remember the Sports strop?

[Little Butch]

Brilliant, I'll get that ordered then!

What length strop do you guys use? I've found the one I've been using too short so was thinking 5 metres?

[Mr. Squirrel]

I use a ~5m strop, too long most of the time but for the odd bit of tricky positioning in single line mode it's well worth it.

[Joe Newton]

Brilliant, I'll get that ordered then!

What length strop do you guys use? I've found the one I've been using too short so was thinking 5 metres?

 

 

About five metres, but at least half of that is daisy chained up to my harness. I rarely use it.

[jrose]

I use a 6m strop with a pulley and vt, as I use it as a short second line most of the time - it only ever goes on side D's when I'm spiking

[Dan Curtis]

I'm hoping to head out on The Gambia trip and have been advised to take a 45/50metre rope. So just looking for some recommendations..

 

The longer the better. I took a 60m when I went but you do pay the price on hiking the weight around. Mine had a baboon wipe it's nether regions on it