Climbing Ropes

There are three main types of climbing ropes available, these are single, half and twin ropes. Single ropes can be used for sport climbing, climbing walls and shorter traditional routes, and they range in thickness from 9.5 to 11mm.

Half ropes are a bit thinner than singe ropes, their thickness ranges between 8 to 9mm. These ropes are used for longer traditional routes where the pitches don’t always follow straight lines. Half ropes are also called “doubles” as you need to use two of them, one to clip into each piece of gear therefore giving two straight lines.

Twin ropes range in thickness of about 7 to 8mm and are also used in twos and need to be clipped in every piece of gear. Twin ropes are mainly used for ice climbing as they offer extra safety in case one climbing rope gets snagged or cut.

We have a great range of rock climbing ropes on offer, these include accessory cord, alpine ropes, dry ropes, dynamic single ropes, dynamic twin and half ropes, gym ropes, static ropes, and we also have rope bags and tarps available.

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