best starting kind of rope

[kyle goddard]

I started on a cool blue velocity, used that for about 2-3 years. Good lightweight rope. I now climb on a Lava. 11.7 is a bit nicer on your hands. I would recommend both.

I find lava to have a hole lot of stretch. Poison ivy and lava are the only 24 strand lines i ever used. Id take pi over lava anyday.

Id like to try the vortex 12.7mm line. How is the comparison for pi and vortex. I climb both srt/drt. Only mechanical toys i use are a foot and hand accender. Im also not sure how my hitchhiker will fair with a 12.7 mm line

 

[crotchclimber]

I like the New England Tachyon I've been using. It has less stretch and is firmer than the NE Fly, which I also have.