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Complete Guide to Climbing Ropes - How many falls they Hold? Why they Twist? | Ep.5
Detailed Class on Climbing Ropes. You will learn differences between Climbing Ropes. How to safely use and maintain a Climbing rope? How many falls it can hold? Also why Ropes twist & how to avoid that. 00:00 Intro 00:50 Rope Structure - What's inside a Climbing Rope? 01:48 Rope Types - Dynamic vs Static 04:07 Rope Types - Single Ropes 04:30 Rope Types - Half / Double Ropes 06:02 Rope Types - Twin Ropes 07:26 Rope Diameter - What's the Best? 09:30 Rope Length - Yes Ropes Shrink! 10:44 Middle Marker 11:30 Dry Treatment 13:28 UIAA Rating - How many falls can you do on a Climbing Rope? 16:30 Inspecting the Rope for Damage 18:33 How to Cut the ends of a Rope? 21:32 Recycle Old Ropes! 22:26 Bluesign - For everyone's well being 23:29 How to Prolong the Life of your Rope? 23:57 Rope bags - Forget about Rope Coiling 26:16 Cleaning the Rope - Why your New Rope is Dirty? 27:33 Lowering over the Sharp Edges 28:14 Rope vs Soft materials big NO! 28:47 Why do Ropes Twist? And how to Untwist them? ♻️ Mammut Rope Recycle Project At this moment only in Switzerland. Will update once I get more info. 🌎 Bluesign https://www.bluesign.com Scroll down and you will find a search to check if company is on a list. 🧾Recommended ropes: For outdoors 80m 9.4mm - 9.8mm 9.5 Crag We Care Classic - https://bit.ly/380hfec Super Sustainable Rope with always unique pattern (I recommend this video to learn more: https://bit.ly/3k98kwC) 9.5 Crag Dry Rope - https://bit.ly/3kd9Hdw High-End Crag Rope that I have in orange in this video 9.9 Gym Workhorse Classic Rope - https://bit.ly/3ggCn4o Perfect for gyms will last very very long * Above links might be affiliate and give me small benefit. ❤ If you are getting value out of my videos and wanna feel good - consider supporting me https://hardiseasy.com Because that makes a big difference and allows me to do this project! Deep Thanks! Ben ❤ Special Thanks For @mammut for helping me to create this episode! 📚 Additional resources: Sterling: What Does Fall Rating Really Mean?: https://sterlingrope.com/journal/232-fall-rating-really-mean UIAA falls: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/508/climbing-rope-is-rated-to-x-uiaa-falls-what-is-a-uiaa-fall
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