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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:44 pm
by ynot
Rags, It said it was 9.8 but I dont believe it. It handles and feels the same as a 10.2 The only thing I noticed is not enough friction low on a rappel. I rap it all the way around my back. It's still brand new and slick.
My Marathon lasted 6 years. They are great ropes.
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:46 pm
by RRO
6 years, wow ! I go thru 4 ropes a season !
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:47 pm
by ynot
We used my partners' ropes a lot the last 3. I don't think it's as long as my old rope Matt. It is barely long enough to rap from the summit of cavers. Maybe I'll stretch them out together and see.
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:13 pm
by Wes
ElectricDisciple wrote:skinny ropes + gri-gri = dicey belay situation.
I have been through three 9.8 sterlings over the last three years, and have never, ever had any trouble with the gri-gri. And I fall. Alot.
I am pretty hard on my ropes, going trough at least one a year, but sterling has been the best so far. Bi-color is cool, but since I end up having to cut the ends at least once or twice, it sorta loses some of it's value.
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:33 pm
by Rags
so it seems that Sterling and Maxim receive the votes.
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:02 pm
by pawilkes
I had a Sterling that i used for about a year before folding to the complaints of everyone at work who felt it was too dirty (from climbing at the red) and had some mildly fluffy sections and got a Beal 9.8. it's been working well although it is nice to have a belay glove when lowering w/ a Grigri.
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:06 pm
by pigsteak
rro..
real climbers don't haul their boats with their cords.
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:09 pm
by RRO
boats hell, i haul stuck gravel trucks with mine.
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:30 pm
by Meadows
REI Outlet has some Maxim rope deals.
ropes
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:45 pm
by jhauk
You can usually find good deals for ropes at gearexpress.com
