Alpine / Mountaineering
In alpine climbing, mountaineering or mountain climbing, the journey is the reward. Climbers committing to these disciplines like long tours where the goal is to reach the summit. The whole experience is more important than the technical mastering of a route. The most popular alpine tours are the highest summits of each continent.
MAXIM recommends the skinny Airliner and the Unity ropes for these activities. The Airliner is triple certified and 2x-DRY treated. This rope is easy to carry but still has a high abrasion resistant cover, a smooth surface and very long service life. The Unity is a half and twin rope available in an 8 and 9mm diameter. It always comes in two corresponding colors and different levels of dry-treatment. As a backup rope or for hauling equipment, the static Personal escape rope is a good and light option.
MAXIM offers the following ropes for alpine climbing and mountaineering:
Unity
Airliner
“MAXIM ropes have consistently held up to long use and repeated abuse for me for more than a decade now. My personal style is to fall a lot on my projects, sometimes for years, and I’ve never been disappointed in the performance of MAXIM ropes.”
Todd Perkins
About MAXIM Dynamic Ropes
Dynamic climbing ropes are the most important piece of gear you have, because they keep you from hitting the ground. Their high elongation absorbs most of the shock in a fall, thereby taking the load off of your body and your anchors. MAXIM ropes are made of 100% high quality nylon and feature a kernmantle construction with twisted nylon cores and a braided nylon cover. MAXIM’s long lasting dynamic climbing lines are designed as a compact rope with high-energy absorption. Each of our dynamic climbing lines offers excellent handling, superior abrasion resistance and high durability.
Special features of MAXIM dynamic ropes
The core of every dynamic MAXIM Climbing rope is dry treated with our special Endura DRY treatment process, including our indoor gym ropes. This is for the ultimate level of safety protection since nylon loses a lot of strength when wet. In addition, for maximum water-repellency, selected models also feature Endura 2x-DRY and have both a dry core and a specially treated dry cover. Those ropes fulfill the requirements of UIAA water-repellency.
Our Pinnacle and Glider series also feature MAXIM’s TPT (Twill Pattern Technology) which aligns the sheath yarns with the direction the rope moves through your protection. This dramatically reduces rope drag and provides for buttery rappels.
The Chalk Line gym ropes also feature our Str8 Jacket technology, in which we tightly weave the sheath around a mid-sheath which grips the core. These are the longest lasting gym ropes on the planet.
Standards for dynamic climbing ropes
Dynamic climbing ropes are generally certified in three categories; single ropes, half ropes and twin ropes. All of them are certified to the European Standard EN 892 and the international standard UIAA 101. Within these standards, the rope’s construction, sheath slippage, static and dynamic elongation, maximum impact force at first fall as well as the minimum number of falls a rope has to withstand are regulated. Please find more information on climbing rope types and requirements of the standards in our Tech info section.
"MAXIM sets the standard for durability of climbing ropes in the industry. In the end, a rope is our lifeline, and for many years now I've felt 100% confident trusting my life to thee amazing cords. "
Jonathan Siegrist