| Many climbers are hard on climbing ropes, but they | | | | it comes to ropes thin is in, and the Blue Water |
| do not try to be it is just the way it turns out, | | | | Lightning Pro is one of the thinnest ropes on the |
| especially with all the climbing that they do in | | | | market. The Lightning Pro lives up to its name as well |
| different areas. You may clean your ropes and use a | | | | being the lightest single rope on the market at 9.6 |
| rope bag to keep them out of the dirt and rocks, | | | | mm and weighing in at less than fifty-eight grams per |
| but some times it is hard to keep them dry, but still | | | | meter. The Lightning Pro is a great rope and is initially |
| your ropes end up becoming pretty worn out. When | | | | meant for alpine climbing at the extremes, it is also |
| a climber looks down at their blackened palms, then | | | | being used by top sport climbers for hard red points. |
| you know that your ropes are telling you that they | | | | Clipping the quick draws on a sport route was very |
| need to be washed. Many climbers can not figure out | | | | smooth and the Double Dry treatment and low |
| what it is that they do that is so hard on them, but it | | | | profile lets it feed through the biners with little |
| does put them in a great position to search for new | | | | resistance, not to mention keeping the rope from |
| ropes to purchase. | | | | getting soaked. This rope handles really well while |
| There are a lot of ropes on the market these days | | | | climbing and while belaying. The Lightning Pro is |
| and depending on what kind of climbing you are going | | | | offered in two colors, as well as a bi-color where the |
| to be doing that is the key to choosing the correct | | | | rope changes weave patterns at the midpoint, and in |
| rope. The New England Ropes G-50 10.5mm 50 | | | | 50, 60, 70 meter configurations. |
| meter are the maxim climbing rope, which are made | | | | Another rope is the Sterling 10.2 mm 60 meter Dry |
| in New England, who keeps the prices of their ropes | | | | Rope, which is a nice compromise of strength and |
| down by offering the rope with limited options. The | | | | weight. The Sterling 10.2 mm rope is a good all-around |
| G-50 has a very supple feel to it and feeds through | | | | climbing rope and this rope is at home on sport |
| the belay device very well and there are no frills to | | | | routes, trad routes, ice climbing, top-roping, basically |
| this rope. | | | | whatever you can throw at it. This rope was nice to |
| This rope can be used to top-rope, rappel, and to | | | | climb with and handled well in the protection and the |
| lead sport and trad pitches. This rope is ideally suited | | | | belay devices. The better braid technology that this |
| for beginning climbers. Beginners are going to be | | | | rope has gives it a tight weave to the sheath, which |
| doing mostly top-roping, rappelling, working a route, | | | | makes the rope feel very secure and makes it |
| and this rope would suit all of those needs. New | | | | resistance to wear. The DryCore treatment is applied |
| England also offers the G-50 in a 60 meter | | | | to every fiber to control the absorption of water, |
| configuration that will be called the G-60. | | | | but this rope has a little bit of a tendency to twist, |
| Another great rope on the market today is the Blue | | | | which comes in 50, 55, 60, and 70 meter lengths as |
| Water Lightning Pro 60 meters Double Dry, so when | | | | well as custom lengths. |