Cragging piece of mind

By Grant Helgeson Ranked #171 - Big Wall Climbing July 17, 2009

Yeah, yeah, yeah, skinny ropes are all the rage these days. Well, when I top out on sharp limestone here in the Canadian Rockies, I want a rope that I'm SURE, won't split open as I'm lowered. The Supersafe gives me the piece of mind to charge the next sport route day after day. I've taken numerous small falls on the cord, nothing big, but they've all felt quite dynamic. The rope has great "feel," plenty supple for that sketchy cross clip above the runout. My wife also climbs ice with this rope in the winter, and although the rope has been through two seasons of rock, it still feels reasonably dry after a day on ice. In my mind, it's a bit heavy for an alpine single cord, but, really, who gets to climb in the alpine after work? For me, this is the go-to workhorse rope.

View Details: Mammut Supersafe Climbing Rope - 10.2mm

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