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Would you bring a rope on a solo Europe road trip? 6-Oct-2005 At 11:37:10 PM Rich

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Thanks heaps for all the tips guys.. sounds liek you've had a bit of fun there Eduardo! should be a bit easier to work out what to take i reckon. I had always thought I should take one and only thought about reconsidering when a couple of others mentioned it.

>climbingjac wrote:
> The baggage limits
>with the airlines are not generous these days, and a rope takes up 3kg
>of it, from memory... You might as well buy one there (a 60m or 70m rope).

yeh good point and as

>nmonteith wrote:
> you can
>get a 9.1 mm Dry Cover 80 m -
>(Beal Joker) single rope!! Cheap as well AU$223 (EU$141)

>Eduardo Slabofvic wrote:
>much cheaper, and the range is greater. If buying stuff in the E.U. you
>can get the tax back when you leave the E.U., which includes crossing the
>boarder into Switzerland. Tax is 17%, and you need to get the forms from
>the shop where you bought the stuff.

I might have to invest over there i reckon. Thanks for the info guys but 70 eh?i was originally thinking a 60m. I actually already have a 10mm 70 and thats pretty heavy. But hmm.. wonder how much it costs to send within europe.. say from spain to italy cos like u did eduardo I'm gonna try and hitch most of the way which I'm sure will involve a fair bit of walking.

On 6/10/2005 littlejames wrote:
>Second that you should get a 70m. .. it was tricky enough to get out of
>with a 70m, and might have been semi-serious with a 60m. Don't even think
>about taking a 50m.

na def not a 50m, only thing shorter than a 60m i want is my 35m for the gym!

On 6/10/2005 Eduardo Slabofvic wrote:
I take 60cm slings that can be turned into quickdraws/thrreads/tieoffs.
> I take 1 set of wired stoppers 1 to 9, and 3 or 4 mid range cams.
>
>Another tip is to find out what routes the local guides take their clients
>on, as they will have good quality fixed gear.

Good tips.. might have to chat to some of the local gear shops/guides.. and bring soem cionverted draws.
>

>If you’ve got a car then take everything,
nope..
>On my first trip I just went sport climbing with people I met
>in campgrounds and I hitch hiked everywhere. I have a rope and 10 draws,
>but in retrospect could have done with out them, although the rope makes
>for a good pillow.

hehe yeh well hoping for a softer pillow actually! so now u say no gear? I will be hitching too but i can afford to take some gear i reckon, although cams are pretty weighty. hmm.
>
>Also note well that England is not in Europe, so don't go there.
>
noice.. duly noted hehe

>dr_fil_good wrote:
>I'm doing the same jig next year - first of all a 2 month bike ride accross
>China - then travelling Europe for up to six months

Yeh i was gonna do the bike ride thing, cept across northern europe though, might still. Altho it's gonna pretty weighty!

Again, thanks for the ideas, it all helps to make things easier!