Chockstone Forum

      Sponsored By
      ROCK
   HARDWARE

Chockstone Photography

Australian Landscape Prints

Chockstone Forum - Gear Lust / Lost & Found

Rave About Your Rack Please do not post retail SPAM.

Poll Option

Votes

Graph

They are 'right' for use at the moment.

They will continue to get thinner / longer.

32%

They are already too thin / long.

I want to see more / brighter colours!

10%

Ropes will become more specialised to specific use

13%

Who cares?, as long as they are strong enough.

13%

I don't fall, so don't need a rope.

I don't fill in polls.

19%

Topic Date User

Where are ropes going? 19-May-2010 At 5:49:50 PM JamesMc

Message

I expect circular section rope will be replaced with flat tape in the future. As technology advances, ropes will get thinner but unless they become flat, they will be too thin for comfortable handing. Material like kevlar is plenty strong enough - the challenge is to make it dynamic. That's as much in the weave of the tape or the twist of the fibres as it is in the chemistry. We might also see them being spooled rather than coiled, in order to keep them neat and free of twists.

Of course tape will need new belay devices - I expect tape and belay devices to be sold as complete systems.

JamesMc