Last season, we dove into the gritty details of ski-specific rappelling on skinny, mostly static ropes. We compared belay devices, tethers, and third hands and produced a podcast discussion on the ropes we like and the considerations around them. As we build this resource, a deep dive comparison of the available rope options…
Ski Rope Comparison: A Pre-Season Glance
Slator Aplin keeping things organized. Photo: Gavin Hess
Responses
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How’s that 3mm V12 3rd hand holding up? Any other contenders?
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It’s holding up great! In fact, I made a bunch of 5mm ones for rock climbing as well. It would be interesting to get them pull tested as they wear a bit, but I am confident in mine for the low-loads of rappel backup
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Did I see you threw a couple stitches of thread in your photo from January? Was that to monitor for creep?
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I made some with a locked brummel splice, and some with a simple tuck splice – I stitched the junction on the simple splices to prevent it coming un-tucked while unloaded. Both seem to be working fine, the brummel splice has more of a bump at the junction, but negates the need for any stitching
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