your top 5 climbing ropes and the hitches that go with them the best (for you)

[freeweight]

juswt curious guys what do you pick wether for its strength ,the way the hitch holds/ runs through it,or because it takes alot of abuse without showing much wear ,or good for footlocking whatever

lets hear em

 

[capecodtree]

rope and friction hitch

safety blue and the blake. Simple an versatile.

 

[Slvrmple72]

Running Dragonfly through 3/8 Technora eye to eye with a Schwabish friction knot.

 

[ForTheArborist]

I don't even know the name of the brand of rope I bought. I bought it at REI which sells a lot of rock climbing/mountaineering gear as well as all of the outdoors junk. It's 11mm, and it's been working fine. I like the blake's hitch all except for the knot eventually loosening up. Then it just has to be hammered tight enough again. I'd never use it without a shunt above it.

 

[flushcut]

Hard lay manilla with a taught line hitch.

 

[freeweight]

prettygood guys ,alot of people look down on the blakes hitch ,i personally luve it ,i wanted to see why everyone said the hitch shoulb be tied with sane dia. as the climning line so i just had to look into ended up buying 6 feet of BLAZE as it supple and soft and kinda acts like beeline byt flatening when louded ,to grip the rope ,i have NEOlite 1/2" ,great line durable and STAYS round no matter what

well i tie a 5-6/2 blakes with this and wow i love it ,catches readily , no slippage and releases very well under load ,think this is my climbing gear of choice

 

[Treetom]

Ice Tail, Beeline and Tenex eye-eyes, tied with VT or Distel. Safety Blue and True Blue climbing lines. Hard lay manilla?! Back in the day I had 150' of 1" diameter manilla for a bull rope. Talk about heaaavy.

 

[Blakesmaster]

Samson BRW, ICE tress, VT (variant) hitch

 

[chad556]

8mm bee line e2e tied in an XT hitch on 7/16" yale blaze with a micro pulley. I like it because its light weight and easy to handle. I am playing around with the knut hitch now too, its hard to say which one is better.

I actually use the knut hitch on my rope lanyard (8mm bee line adjuster on yale bandit(alternate color of blaze)) I like it because it stays together even better than the XT when it gets flopped around when not under load.

 

[flushcut]

Ice Tail, Beeline and Tenex eye-eyes, tied with VT or Distel. Safety Blue and True Blue climbing lines. Hard lay manilla?! Back in the day I had 150' of 1" diameter manilla for a bull rope. Talk about heaaavy.

That was a joke. Poison Ivy/HiVy, beeline/tenex eye-eye with a swabisch and some times a blakes.

 

[TreEmergencyB]

That was a joke. Poison Ivy/HiVy, beeline/tenex eye-eye with a swabisch and some times a blakes.

how does that tenex grab on the IVY? I have bluemoon and needed to quit using tenex for my split tails.

Bluemoon and beeline e2e either a XT, swabish, or distil. Depending on the mood, lately its been distil

 

[flushcut]

how does that tenex grab on the IVY? I have bluemoon and needed to quit using tenex for my split tails.

Bluemoon and beeline e2e either a XT, swabish, or distil. Depending on the mood, lately its been distil

I don't climb a whole lot but it grabs nicely and I weigh 250. I use a five wrap for the most part and found a four wrap to bite too hard for my liking.

 

[deevo]

I don't even know the name of the brand of rope I bought. I bought it at REI which sells a lot of rock climbing/mountaineering gear as well as all of the outdoors junk. It's 11mm, and it's been working fine. I like the blake's hitch all except for the knot eventually loosening up. Then it just has to be hammered tight enough again. I'd never use it without a shunt above it.

Then you aren't tying it right! I have been using a Blakes for years and it has never loosened up! Try using real arborist rope and some bee line, you will be fine. I use 1/2" yellow jacket with a blakes (bee line) and a pantin.

 

[Treetom]

That was a joke. Poison Ivy/HiVy, beeline/tenex eye-eye with a swabisch and some times a blakes.

your humor wasn't wasted flushcut

 

[flushcut]

your humor wasn't wasted flushcut

Somebody had to say it.

 

[Arbor Vision]

Blue streak / ocean / xt / hitch climber

 

[jimbo666]

machard tresse 4wrap tenex 10mm 22'' on yale bluemoon very fast setup (if you try it be sure it bites the rope sometimes its can lose it)

 

[802climber]

Samson Blue Streak (etc) with 10mm beeline e2e and a distel hitch
or 1/2" single eye and a blakes hitch


Samson Velocity with 8mm ice or beeline e2e and a distel hitch

 

[imagineero]

Who has 5 different types of 'favorite' climbing ropes, and different hitches to match each one? Or a list of 20 climbing ropes rated from number one down?

Get one and stick to it. This isn't golf ;-) poison hi-vee with 8mm beeline for me, klemheist with a slack tender. I have about 8 or 9 ropes of different lengths. Their all poison hi-vee and variants to get different colors to safe confusion.

Shaun

 

[limbwalker71]

safety blue and the blake. Simple an versatile.

blue streak w a blake and split tail , simple , versatile ,