![]() Devices like the Edelrid MegaJul do a much better job at catching falls. Some have a minimum diameter of 9mm meaning you won’t be able to safely belay with twin ropes. However, you do need to make sure that your belay device is approved for use with skinny ropes. Giving and taking slack is exactly like belaying a single rope. ![]() Belay devices that can only accept a single rope, like the ATC Sport or Petzl GriGri can not be used with twin ropes. You need to use a belay device with two tubes for belaying, like an ATC. How to use twin ropesīelaying with twin ropes is fairly straightforward. You cannot multi-pitch climb with a party of three, because the followers cannot tie in independently to single strands of twin ropes. You can only rock climb with yourself and your partner. Pulling two 7 mm ropes through numerous carabiners, 50 meters up a long wandering route can add up to some pretty horrific rope drag. In addition to having to buy two ropes despite being skinny, twin ropes still cost a pretty penny. Since skinnier ropes are more susceptible to getting tangled, having two skinny ropes to manage can be a strong lesson in patience. Tangles and knots seem to appear out of nowhere when managing climbing rope and it is a pain to detangle a rope. TanglesĪs many rock climbers have experienced with just one climbing rope, rope management isn’t always as easy as you would expect. ![]() This sounds great! Why not always rock climb with twin ropes? Furthermore, these skinny twin ropes are uber stretchy which reduces the amount of force placed on your gear during a fall. If you’re hiking deep into the alpine, carrying two skinny ropes weighs less than carrying two single ropes.Īdditionally, if there is a risk of the rope being damaged from extremely sharp rock or ice climbing (with all those medieval tools attached to you) then there is the benefit of the redundancy provided by using two ropes. With twin ropes, however, you’ll be able to rappel the full sixty meters. If you climb on a single sixty-meter rope, you are only able to rappel thirty meters. Twin ropes add a couple of benefits over climbing with just a regular, fat single rope.įirst off, twin ropes allow climbers to rappel the full length of their rope.
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