sawsong
ArboristSite Member
Good day gentlemen,
I need a bit of help with buying my first climbing rope. Ive done searches on here and read a lot, but finding the right answer seems to be eluding me. I was hoping that you knowledgable types might be able to help me.
Originally since my top-roping climbing rope is reaching the end of its servicable life, I had hoped to find an arborist rope that could serve me both in the tree and for some recreational (non tree) climbing. I am not a professional climber, im just learning so the rope wont get a lot of use in either category, certainly not day in day out. for this reason i had contemplated the yale blaze, as an 11mm it would work in both scenarios but is perhaps a bit on the pricey side for my first rope if indeed it wont work so well for me compared to learning on say a half inch rope.
i thought for learning on, a half inch such as the forestry pro with its low price and good reviews would be ideal, however i cant buy it in the UK. With its $60 price tag for 120' from wesspur, it would present me unbelievable value for money, but they want another $60 for shipping it, which seems well over the top for just a rope. my only chance for this rope would be if someone in the states would purchase one on my behalf and ship it to me (clearing customs as a gift) and of course a completely unrelated gift of currency would be exchanged in the other direction, such is the nature of gift giving.
I await your insight.
cheers
Jim
I need a bit of help with buying my first climbing rope. Ive done searches on here and read a lot, but finding the right answer seems to be eluding me. I was hoping that you knowledgable types might be able to help me.
Originally since my top-roping climbing rope is reaching the end of its servicable life, I had hoped to find an arborist rope that could serve me both in the tree and for some recreational (non tree) climbing. I am not a professional climber, im just learning so the rope wont get a lot of use in either category, certainly not day in day out. for this reason i had contemplated the yale blaze, as an 11mm it would work in both scenarios but is perhaps a bit on the pricey side for my first rope if indeed it wont work so well for me compared to learning on say a half inch rope.
i thought for learning on, a half inch such as the forestry pro with its low price and good reviews would be ideal, however i cant buy it in the UK. With its $60 price tag for 120' from wesspur, it would present me unbelievable value for money, but they want another $60 for shipping it, which seems well over the top for just a rope. my only chance for this rope would be if someone in the states would purchase one on my behalf and ship it to me (clearing customs as a gift) and of course a completely unrelated gift of currency would be exchanged in the other direction, such is the nature of gift giving.
I await your insight.
cheers
Jim