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Jiffy lube 787457/30/2023 ![]() “Maximum impact force” is the amount of strain a rope places on your protection in a fall. Of less importance but still relevant, some skinny ropes have maximum impact forces that are on the high side for single ropes. If you tip the scales more than the test weight, the rope could hold fewer than five falls. In short, the skinny ropes have less safety redundancy built into them, a consideration for all climbers, but especially germane for folks heavier than 176 pounds, the weight used for the CE drop-test. Mind you, super-light ropes aren’t unsafe-all of them are CE certified and meet all rope standards including surviving the minimum of five CE test falls for single ropes, but most barely eek by. The weight savings are dramatic-no other single piece of gear can shed as much poundage in one fell swoop. What’s more, the thin ropes snake across the rock and through carabiners with less friction, saving you additional realized weight by reducing rope drag. Pretty slick, eh?ĭespite the weight savings offered by the new ropes, they “Aren’t for everybody,” says Scott Newell of Blue Water Ropes. It’s triple rated as a single, half and twin rope and at 48 grams per meter, it’s the first to break the mythical weight barrier of 50 grams per meter. Compared to standard 10mm cords, the thin lines can trim two to three pounds off 60-meters of rope. At present the 8.5mm Beal Opera holds the title for the lightest and skinniest single rope. Underscoring the question is a new generation of super-thin, super-light ropes. Steve McClure on-sighting Super Duper Goo, (5.13b), Blue Mountains, Australia. For sure, no one should climb with one gram more than necessary, but can you go too far? Is there a point where light weight becomes way too light? In rope he trusts. When we aren’t climbing, we’re obsessing over weight, carefully scrutinizing every morsel we pop into our gulletts, slap on our racks or stuff into our sacks. Defeating gravity by getting lighter, both in terms of ourselves and our gear, is in fact one of our favorite pastimes. You don’t have to have an apple konk you on the head to realize that as climbers our greatest enemy is gravity, and that gravity’s minion is weight.
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