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You love light ropes for shaving weight off your load, but if you're climbing a lot, you can go through three skinny lines a year. If this problem sounds familiar, you should be climbing on the Mammut Infinity 9.5mm. Weighing in at a scant 58g/m, the Infinity is perfect for long alpine routes and cutting-edge sport climbing where every ounce seems to double as you move higher. Mammut's Teflon coating process covers each fiber individually before the rope is constructed. This decreases both internal and external friction, the two things that wear out a rope.
Bottom Line: A light rope that'll be going strong after the rest have been braided into rugs.
I have used alot of mammut ropes over the years, and time and time again, they deliver with a major amount of durability. I guess that is my most important characteristic in a rope, going from sport to trad to alpine, that it needs to stand up to abuse, otherwise you are going to be looking for a new rope in no time flat! The 9.5mm is a great blend of thickness to light weight, as I don't feel the need to go much fatter than this these days.
From the Mammut ropes information booklet: "All dynamic ropes from Mammut come with a friction resistant, coloured, middle marking. In choosing a process we made sure that a dye was used that wouldn’t weaken either the sheath or the core filaments. "
I don't have this particular rope, but all of the Mammut ropes I've seen (including the one I own) have two six inch (or so) long black dye marks to signify the (approximate) center of the line.
ETA: Unless, of course, you go for the Duodess model, which changes sheath pattern at the middle point.
Great apline rope for mmulti-pitch and running belay. it even comes with a nice shopping bag (I think they meant it to be a rope bag but got drunk when designing it). Nice and light but not weak, seems durable.
I am moving to a house with a rock wall so I am just getting into climbing. Would this rope be fine for belaying? What else would I need to know for selecting a rope?
It's fine for using indoors, but you can get a much cheaper rope that will last you a lot longer using indoors by going a bit fatter and going non-dry. Also, if you are using a gri-gri for belay on this rope, it's really fast.
This rope is fine, but thinner (and thus more expensive) than you need. I'd get something in the 9.8-10.2mm range, which will last longer and be cheaper.
This is a great rope that handles well and is really light. It does stretch a fair bit, so don't expect to take it top roping or hang dogging and have it perform the same as a fatty rope. Packs down nicely in a rope bag or backpack.
All Mammut ropes in the Challenge Line, which are their top-end ropes (Serenity, Infinity, Revelation, Supersafe) have the SuperDry, CoatingFinish and DuraFlex treatments.
Super Dry treatment is Mammuts dry treatment where all of the nylon yarns have treatment to make the fiber not absorb water. Some dry tratments are applied only to the sheath yarns. Mammuts Super Dry is applied to the core and sheath
Great on high alpine & snow routes. Excellent dynamic strength to weight ratio, working elongation, & fall holding capability. Easiest coiler I've ever had.
This rope does work on a gri-gri, but belays are fast! The first time I was belayed on this rope with a gri-gri, the belayers hand got burnt. She let go and it locked up just fine. If you will be belaying with a gri-gri on this rope, I'd recommend belay gloves.
the grigri is fine to use on ropes above 9mm as long as your belayer knows how to use one, the thinner diameter will run thu the device if your not holding the tail end of the rope as for a non locking atc or something. i was being belayed by this guy on a grigri and he dropped me from 5 bolts up to 1/2 a meter from the ground on a 10 mm rope, when i protested what the f*#k he said, the grigri didnt lock off man.... i asked, were you holding the end of the rope he said, i didnt think you had to!! and this guy was quite an experienced climber! so now i always ask new belayers if they know they need to hold the tail end no matter what the rope diameter ;)
The infinity is fine on the gri gri, I've held many falls on this rope and it's no problem. There are many many out there who belay with the GG on Mammut's 9.2 and sterlings skinny nines and their still alive
Get a Mammut SMART belay device. It works on 8.9 to 10.5 ropes and is a super slick little unit. It pinches the rope and while not a true Autoblocking device like a GriGri it works like one and super easy to hold a fall. Best thing about it is how fast you can pay out rope for a lead belay.
I have this rope and I have used it with my Gri-Gri. It does work but I would suggest not using them. I don't like them in any situation though and an ATC is a much better option in my opinion. I used the Gri-Gri pretty much the same as an ATC locking it off like I normally would. Passive gear which you control is always better.
Probably not. I have a 9.8 that still grabs, but it's a bit sensitive. Hard to control the speed. I think this would be too small. The Faders SUM is an auto-locking device that grabs down to 9.1, I'd invest in that. Or a thicker rope.
I agree with Angus. If you're just top roping get a cheaper, fatter rope. I always feel like I'm wasting life on this one when I take it out for top roping.
This is a WAY better rope than you need. If you're not doing hyper-technical sport routes with big falls, this is overkill. Send it back and get something like a Edelweiss Ally or Beal Edlinger. In fact, get two for the same price as this rope.
Anyone have comments on this as a first rope for new climbers? We just got this as a wedding gift and are wondering if this is a good one to have to start top roping with.That being said, would we be better off swapping it out for something a little thicker? If so any reccomendations?
It's a great rope for new climbers, but probably more than you need. It's designed for lightweight applications such as technical sport routes, alpine climbing or long trad routes where weight can play a factor (like when you're pumped out, placing a peice of protection and need to pull the rope up & clip quickly). It's probably more than you need, but you'll love it regardless. This was my first rope, but I do most of my top roping in the gym and usually lead outside so it worked great for me.
It's a high-performance, lightweight lead rope, but it'll still be great for starting out. It might stretch a bit more than you anticipate though. Coolest wedding present ever.
I'll admit that I didn't purchase this rope from BC since I had a coupon for another place. Sorry guys!
I bought this rope for alpine climbing. Even tho I haven't used it for that yet, I used it when I went rock climbing for the first time. I did a few sport climbs a couple weeks ago. We top roped, rappelled, and then my friend lead the way up and out.
The rope handled great and broke in after just a couple hours of climbing. The rope ran real smooth and was smooth on the rappels. My friend liked the rope since he wasn't used to having the midpoint and ends marked on his ropes. I'll post up more after our Whitney MR trip next month.
The short answer is Yes but no. It will work great for top roping and alpine climbs but I would not use it for slot canyons. Canyons tend to have a bad combo: water and sand. Sand gets on your rope and works its way into the core quickly when water is added. I would purchase a canyoneering specific rope if I were you. Canyons will tear up most dynamic climbing ropes very quickly... Also for long rappels a static rope will allow for a much much smoother smoother rappel reducing the stress you put on the anchors which is very important with anchors in sandstone.
Used one on Rainier last year while roped up for glacial traverse. No problems ascending during crevase rescue practice. A nice light rope makes taking in coils a breeze Held up to the punishment of being tugged around mixed rock/ice climbing and crampon use. This year I got my own Infinity. Made in Switzerland.
Usually go through ropes pretty quick, especially the common skinny rope. Most are intended to onsight or red point and not work. I have treated this thing as if it is a gym rope... Still in unbelievable condition. You will not be disappointed!
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