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Tag-line Rappel around a tree 19-Feb-2013 At 9:30:30 AM technogeekery

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I like two ropes myself, and being a bumbly-grade climber, the weight is not super important to me. A nice compromise for me which avoided buying lots of ropes was getting a Sterling Nano (single rope, 9.2mm, also rated as half and twin rope) and one half/double rope, instead of a matched pair. I use the Sterling as my single, and when doing long multipitch or expecting to do long raps, I bring the half rope and climb on both. It is a bit heavier than single + tag line, but I just make the second carry my lunch, waterproof, shoes, water, phone, camera, routebook, torch, batteries etc :P

I've had some younger climbers go "yer gonna die" for using unmatched ropes as doubles, but somehow we survived for decades using an 11mm + a 9mm...