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New rope, how skinny? 5-Sep-2012 At 8:42:21 AM Climboholic

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On 4/09/2012 One Day Hero wrote:
>Also, why would Australian climbers want or need dry treatment? Do you
>often climb in the rain? I'm almost certain that it's the source of 'belayer's
>black hands'

From my experience dry treated ropes last much longer. I've only owned one non-dry treated rope (Edelrid Python 10mm) and it need replacement in less than a year (caveat: I was climbing on Canberra granite at the time).

The other ropes I've owned have been dry treated (10.2mm Edelweiss, 9.4mm Beal Stinger) and they have lasted 2-3 years with similar use. I know this isn't a statistically significant sample but neither is ODHs "I got black hands when I used a dry rope so dry treatment causes global warming and cancer" theory. (ODH: Have you ever got black or sticky hands from a new dry treated rope?)

I just picked up a non-dry treated 60m BEAL Edlinger 10.2mm for $150 from Torpedo7, so I'll see how that goes.