Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Detailed Class on Climbing Ropes. You will learn differences between Climbing Ropes. How to safely use and maintain a Climbing rope? How many falls it can hold? Also why Ropes twist & how to avoid that.
00:00 Intro
00:50 Rope Structure - What's inside a Climbing Rope?
01:48 Rope Types - Dynamic vs Static
04:07 Rope Types - Single Ropes
04:30 Rope Types - Half / Double Ropes
06:02 Rope Types - Twin Ropes
07:26 Rope Diameter - What's the Best?
09:30 Rope Length - Yes Ropes Shrink!
10:44 Middle Marker
11:30 Dry Treatment
13:28 UIAA Rating - How many falls can you do on a Climbing Rope?
16:30 Inspecting the Rope for Damage
18:33 How to Cut the ends of a Rope?
21:32 Recycle Old Ropes!
22:26 Bluesign - For everyone's well being
23:29 How to Prolong the Life of your Rope?
23:57 Rope bags - Forget about Rope Coiling
26:16 Cleaning the Rope - Why your New Rope is Dirty?
27:33 Lowering over the Sharp Edges
28:14 Rope vs Soft materials big NO!
28:47 Why do Ropes Twist? And how to Untwist them?
♻️ Mammut Rope Recycle Project
At this moment only in Switzerland.
Will update once I get more info.
🌎 Bluesign bluesign.com
Scroll down and you will find a search to check if company is on a list.
🧾Recommended ropes:
For outdoors 80m 9.4mm - 9.8mm
9.5 Crag We Care Classic - bit.ly/380hfec
Super Sustainable Rope with always unique pattern (I recommend this video to learn more: bit.ly/3k98kwC)
9.5 Crag Dry Rope - bit.ly/3kd9Hdw
High-End Crag Rope that I have in orange in this video
9.9 Gym Workhorse Classic Rope - bit.ly/3ggCn4o
Perfect for gyms will last very very long
* Above links might be affiliate and give me small benefit.
❤ If you are getting value out of my videos and wanna feel good - consider supporting me
hardiseasy.com
Because that makes a big difference and allows me to do this project!
Deep Thanks!
Ben
❤ Special Thanks For @mammut for helping me to create this episode!
📚 Additional resources:
Sterling: What Does Fall Rating Really Mean?:
sterlingrope.com/journal/232-fall-rating-really-mean
UIAA falls:
outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/508/climbing-rope-is-rated-to-x-uiaa-falls-what-is-a-uiaa-fall
Detailed Class on Climbing Ropes. You will learn differences between Climbing Ropes. How to safely use and maintain a Climbing rope? How many falls it can hold? Also why Ropes twist & how to avoid that.
00:00 Intro
00:50 Rope Structure - What's inside a Climbing Rope?
01:48 Rope Types - Dynamic vs Static
04:07 Rope Types - Single Ropes
04:30 Rope Types - Half / Double Ropes
06:02 Rope Types - Twin Ropes
07:26 Rope Diameter - What's the Best?
09:30 Rope Length - Yes Ropes Shrink!
10:44 Middle Marker
11:30 Dry Treatment
13:28 UIAA Rating - How many falls can you do on a Climbing Rope?
16:30 Inspecting the Rope for Damage
18:33 How to Cut the ends of a Rope?
21:32 Recycle Old Ropes!
22:26 Bluesign - For everyone's well being
23:29 How to Prolong the Life of your Rope?
23:57 Rope bags - Forget about Rope Coiling
26:16 Cleaning the Rope - Why your New Rope is Dirty?
27:33 Lowering over the Sharp Edges
28:14 Rope vs Soft materials big NO!
28:47 Why do Ropes Twist? And how to Untwist them?
♻️ Mammut Rope Recycle Project
At this moment only in Switzerland.
Will update once I get more info.
🌎 Bluesign bluesign.com
Scroll down and you will find a search to check if company is on a list.
🧾Recommended ropes:
For outdoors 80m 9.4mm - 9.8mm
9.5 Crag We Care Classic - bit.ly/380hfec
Super Sustainable Rope with always unique pattern (I recommend this video to learn more: bit.ly/3k98kwC)
9.5 Crag Dry Rope - bit.ly/3kd9Hdw
High-End Crag Rope that I have in orange in this video
9.9 Gym Workhorse Classic Rope - bit.ly/3ggCn4o
Perfect for gyms will last very very long
* Above links might be affiliate and give me small benefit.
❤ If you are getting value out of my videos and wanna feel good - consider supporting me
hardiseasy.com
Because that makes a big difference and allows me to do this project!
Deep Thanks!
Ben
❤ Special Thanks For @mammut for helping me to create this episode!
📚 Additional resources:
Sterling: What Does Fall Rating Really Mean?:
sterlingrope.com/journal/232-fall-rating-really-mean
UIAA falls:
outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/508/climbing-rope-is-rated-to-x-uiaa-falls-what-is-a-uiaa-fall
