Lightning Climbing Ropes

[MasterBlaster]

Has anyone climbed on this rope yet? It intrigues me being a 1/2" rope but supposedly lighter than regular ropes. Plus it's more expensive than regular ropes.

Anybody?

 

[lumberjack]

Made by Samson, right?

 

[MasterBlaster]

Yup.

 

[lumberjack]

I've played with it, never climbed on it though. It is pretty lite, but I'd probably stick with Blue Streak and use the extra money for a splice on the other end.

 

[Stumper]

More expensive? Must be better. Give me two!

 

[NickfromWI]

I've climbed on. It is neat feeling with the foam core. I notice that it has a lot of "memory." The rope stays kinked after you uncoil it.

It is very light weight. It's also very new technology, so that's why it costs more. Is it better? That's for you to decide!

love
nick

 

[MasterBlaster]

I notice that it has a lot of "memory." The rope stays kinked after you uncoil it.

That's all I need to hear. I'm not paying an extra $50 so I can have a kinky rope. A hooker maybe, but not my rope.

 

[top hopper]

I played with this rope at Vermeer......


WAY stretchy! It was like bungee.

 

[MasterBlaster]

ANOTHER reason! Bleagh!!!

 

[SkwerI]

I disliked the Fly rope when it came out for the same reason (bungee cord qualities). Although I did buy a 150' hank and climbed on it for 3-4 months before realizing how much I disliked it. They still got my money though.

 

[No_Bivy]

stick with the kinky ho

 

[top hopper]

Lightning is way stretchier than Fly.

The Fly is rated at 2.2% elongation @ 540 pounds

and Lightning is rated at 6.1% @ 540 pounds

and incidentally, Blue Streak is also rated at 2.2%.

 

[SkwerI]

The Fly rope went through several incarnations in its first couple years. The one I have is from the first 6 months on the market, and it was much stretchier than Blue Streak. The Fly rope you buy today is different.

6.1% stretch is not acceptable for a tree climbing rope! That would be a tiring PITA trying to climb that rope.

 

[sotc]

i dont know, maybe you could bounce up higher with each foot lock

 

[treesandsurf]

I've got a Fly line about 150', hardly use it that often though. It feels really bouncy, at least since I've been climbing on velocity.

jp

 

[OTGBOSTON]

The one-legged frenchman loves his lightning. He said he thought he wouldn't like it because of the stretch, but it actually helps his footlocking.

I liked the fly, but I think New England hurried it to the marketplace because of the other smallish diameter ropes that were coming out. They seem to have gotten it right with the Tachyon.

 

[will]

cant go past yale xtc!

 

[Tom_Scheller]

The one-legged frenchman loves his lightning. He said he thought he wouldn't like it because of the stretch, but it actually helps his footlocking.

How does he do that??

TS

 

[OTGBOSTON]

How does he do that??

TS

He wraps the rope completely around his foot. Gravity tends the slack, and his foot remains in the loop he wrapped around it.

 

[lumberjack]

Can't get much purchase on the line eh?

 

[OTGBOSTON]

He makes it work.