The shorter length is much easier to handle as most indoor climbing walls do not require a full 60m rope. Now with all that said and done, let's get started on the rope selection process!įeatures: These ropes are great workhorses for indoor use. Generally the greater the fall rating the safer the rope is. Each rope has a UIAA fall rating that can be also used as a comparative value. A single rope will have a number one within a small circle.
If you're not sure what kind you have, look at the end of the rope for a label. Since it's your first time selecting a rope, we'll keep it simple and focus on single ropes.Ī single rope means that the rope is rated to be used by itself. There are several types of ropes such as single, static, twin, and double ropes. Will you be a gym, top rope, sport, trad, or a big wall climber? Perhaps you will do them all! There are a lot of different disciplines within the climbing world and thus we have to select the right tool for the task at hand. This is an important stage in a climber's journey and could be an expensive one, so we want to help guide you in the right direction before making that jump.įirst, start by asking yourself: What will I be doing with this rope?
One of the very first steps to making the indoor-outdoor transition is to invest in a good rope.
You've been scaling indoor walls for some time now and you've decided: it's time to take it outside.
