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Rope Recommendations 9-Jan-2012 At 11:04:32 AM laan

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On 9/01/2012 Eduardo Slabofvic. wrote:
>On 9/01/2012 laan wrote:
>>>How often would having double ropes longer than 50m be useful? Not many
>>trad/mountain pitches would be longer than 50m I guess, and you can still
>>do 50m raps which is one of my main reasons for getting doubles.
>
>Its more like running two pitches together, or two raps together that
>you can do with 2 70s. It can save heaps of time. Most pitches aren't
>50m

So you reckon that, despite the extra weight of 70m doubles and leading with enough gear for +50m trad pitches, it's usually more efficient than using shorter ropes and not linking pitches? I'm really not experienced enough to tell...

I probably don't do enough serious mountaineering to justify longer doubles for that, but I agree that being able to join raps is pretty useful.