CHOOSE YOUR ROPE

When you like to get yourself a new climbing rope, the choice of ropes is vast and it is not easy to find the right rope for you. In the following chart we give you a quick guideline based on your preferred climbing discipline and the needed rope requirements. 

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Discipline

Requirements

Rope Type

Dry Treatment

MAXIM ropes

 

 

  • Trad/Sport climbing 
    (Projecting/Guiding)
 
 
  • Robust
  • Long lasting
  • High number of UIAA falls
  • Abrasion resistance
  • Bi-Pattern for multi-pitch
    or rappelling
 
 
  • Single rope
 
 
  • 2x-Dry dependent on weather     
    conditions
  • STD-Dry dependent on weather     
    conditions
 
  
 
  • Trad/Sport climbing
    (Multi-pitch/Redpoint)
 
 
  • Light weight
  • Thin and skinny
  • More robust for sharp
    edges/scary
  • situations (10.2mm)
  • Bi-Pattern for multi-pitch
    or rappelling
 
 
  • Single rope
  • Twin rope
  • Half rope
  • (triple cert. if available)
 
 
  • 2x-Dry dependent on weather
    conditions
  • STD-Dry dependent on weather     
    conditions
 
  
 
  • Top-roping/Gym climbing     
 
 
  • Robust and long lasting
  • High number of UIAA falls
  • High sheath proportion
  • Intermediate cover
  • Reduced sheath slippage
  • No twist in the rope
  • Bonded construction if applicable
  • 35 or 40m for indoor lead lines
 
 
  • Single rope
 
 
  • STD-Dry
 
  
 
  • Ice climbing
 
 
  • Light weight
  • Dry-treated
  • Lower impact force 
 
 
  • Single rope
  • Twin rope
  • Half rope
  • (triple cert. if available)
 
 
  • 2x-Dry
 
  
 
  • Alpine/Mountaineering
 
 
  • Light weight
  • High abrasion resistance
  • Dry-treated
  • Lower impact force
 
 
  • Single rope
  • Twin rope
  • Half rope
  • (triple cert. if available)     
 
 
  • 2x-Dry
 
  
 
  • Big Wall (Climbing)
 
 
  • High abrasion resistance
  • High sheath proportion
  • High number of UIAA fall
 
 
  • Single rope
 
 
  • 2x-Dry dependent on weather
    conditions
  • STD-Dry dependent on weather    
    conditions
 
  
 
  • Big Wall (Hauling)
 
 
  • Static ropes for hauling gear,
  • jumaring, fixing and rappelling)
 
 
  • Static rope
 
 
  • Polyester for minimum
    absorption
 
  
 
  • Caving/Canyoneering
 
 
  • High abrasion resistance
  • Low weight
  • Low water absorption
  • Heat resistance
 
 
  • Static rope
 
 
  • 2x-Dry or Polyester
 
  
 
  • Photography/Rappelling
 
 
  • High abrasion resistance
  • Low/No stretch
 
 
  • Static rope
 
 
  • 2x-Dry or Polyester
 
  


*Rope Length: No recommendation on rope lenght is made because it is dependent on the lenght of the climbed route

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