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Dangerjudy wrote:I've been meaning to get a 120ish 11m caving rope to take ridgewalking. A friend told me that he carries smaller diameter rope (8mm) on ridgewalks because it is much lighter and packs smaller, yet standard Petzl ascenders work on it. I'm trying to decide if that is wacky or clever... thoughts welcome...
I hope you are not missing the point here. You are going to have to take great caution in your style of rigging when using 9mm rope for a significant drop. Rebelay's that require knowledge to set and extra equipment. If you are just looking at carrying a 50ft piece or so of rope for a handline, etc. then 9mm is adequate.
Can you please explain your intended use of a small diameter rope for ridgewalking? Without this information, no one can give an adequate answer to your questions.
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