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vancouver
203 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2012 : 2:56 PM
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I need a recomendation of a rope to buy, im taking a glacier course and they supply ropes
But after the course im going to need a rope
So for 3 people and can handle falls into crevaces |
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 Trail running, bike hucking, fast packing, beer drinking collector of pine cones on a day pass
AKA
Dances with Trees
Forest Gnome Cabin
Canada
13059 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2012 : 3:05 PM
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| Wait till you take the course and ask the instructor. I'm sure he/she might have a good suggestion or two |
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vancouver
203 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2012 : 4:16 PM
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| I realize this but I only want to make one trip to mec, and I have to go there before the course for carabiners |
Edited by - harry99 on 09/06/2012 4:17 PM |
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 | Dru
Mountain Grammar Police
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Sardonic sandbagging scoundrel, Cascade Climbers lobotomized spraymeister, space blanket flyer, new millennium vulgarian betaboy and friend to all squids
Climbing, a mountain
Canada
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Posted - 09/06/2012 : 4:22 PM
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| There's no such thing as a glacier scrambling rope. When you are on a glacier and roped up, you are climbing. |
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Port Douglas, BC
Canada
430 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2012 : 4:33 PM
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I suggest you use a 12mm 220 metre static line, with steel XL Biners, atleast 7 of them. Super lightweight, and easy to pack. |
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vancouver
203 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2012 : 5:25 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Marduk
I suggest you use a 12mm 220 metre static line, with steel XL Biners, atleast 7 of them. Super lightweight, and easy to pack.
Great thanks |
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Finally stopping that crazy suffering that is ice, climbing to concentrate on great ski tours!
3509 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2012 : 5:39 PM
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Oh, Marduk, he should just get a spool, and bring that.
Please stop saying "glacier scrambling." There really isn't any such term. Glacier travel is one thing, scrambling is another. When the glacier gets steep, it might turn to alpine ice climbing.
Do you want the rope to do other things? I have a bunch of different ropes. Some I use for glacier travel and low angle snow/ice climbing, others for leading on rock or ice, or combinations of both. A half rope makes a nice glacier travel rope, but you can't do a lot of other things with it. |
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Powell River, bc
Canada
2540 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2012 : 5:59 PM
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| Oh Harry.............. |
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ALBANY, OR
USA
588 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2012 : 6:23 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by no quitting
Oh Harry..............
another great thread is born  |
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Burnaby, BC
Canada
535 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2012 : 6:42 PM
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| Crampons, 16mm rope, harness, ice tools, plastic boots, ice screws, pickets, carabiners, belay device, helmet, avalanche transceiver, probes and probably a few other items are needed for glacier "Travel" not "Scrambling." |
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Qualicum Beach, BC
Canada
1308 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2012 : 7:02 PM
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| Harry,you have just set yourself up for another bashing from the "peanut gallery". Either you are doing this on purpose, just to create another entertaining thread and if so, you're good... or you really don't have a clue and are honestly asking for some opinion. If the latter, I would suggest you not ask on this forum and get professional help (double entendre there). |
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vancouver
203 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2012 : 7:22 PM
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Originally posted by no quittingv
Oh Harry..............
Oh what? |
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vancouver
203 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2012 : 7:24 PM
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Originally posted by Dru
There's no such thing as a glacier scrambling rope. When you are on a glacier and roped up, you are climbing.
Not everybody knows everything |
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| Dru
Mountain Grammar Police
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Sardonic sandbagging scoundrel, Cascade Climbers lobotomized spraymeister, space blanket flyer, new millennium vulgarian betaboy and friend to all squids
Climbing, a mountain
Canada
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Posted - 09/06/2012 : 7:40 PM
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Originally posted by burndug
Crampons, 16mm rope, harness, ice tools, plastic boots, ice screws, pickets, carabiners, belay device, helmet, avalanche transceiver, probes and probably a few other items are needed for glacier "Travel" not "Scrambling."
You forgot the secret weapon (starts with a b, and not beacon) |
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Finally stopping that crazy suffering that is ice, climbing to concentrate on great ski tours!
3509 Posts |
Posted - 09/06/2012 : 7:46 PM
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Bacon!!
Seriously...
Are you sure you need to buy a rope right away? Most experienced climbers have a quiver of ropes, and odds are at least one of your partners will have a rope that will work for the objective. |
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Invermere, BC
Canada
176 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2012 : 9:10 PM
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On a side note, it somewhat amazes me how many people who make great effort to reach certain areas in the mountains will call a patch of seasonal snow a glacier.
Harry if you don't already own it, I recommend going out and buying Freedom of the Hills. It is a great base of knowledge for all things mountain related. I would also recommend doing some other research - even MEC has online info on how to choose gear and what the different types or harnesses and ropes and boots are good for. |
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322 Posts |
Posted - 09/10/2012 : 9:02 PM
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Visited the Athabasca Glacier area a few weeks ago- here's a sign warning people to stay off the ice.
Trouble is, when you fall into a crevasse, you get squeezed and slip in a little deeper as you breathe out. Then, as your warm body cools down and you become hypothermic, your clothes freeze to the sides of the crevasse and rescuers have to use blow torches or ice picks to get you out.
This explains why most people that fall into crevasses don't survive- including two of my very experienced climbing friends over the years.  |
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over the hills and far away
Canada
709 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2012 : 07:40 AM
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God we all started somewhere didn't we? I'm not as big an expert as the wankers making fun, but for what it's worth, harry, I use a 60m, 9.8mm, dynamic rope. Some would say it's overkill, but I like the option of having extra rope on each end.
But do study up, and maybe save further questions for real life instructors, not internet experts. MEC isn't the only place that sells ropes, too. |
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974 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2012 : 08:15 AM
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i sure wish i could've known all there is to know,the second i came out of the womb.
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Burnaby, BC
Canada
1297 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2012 : 08:18 AM
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Originally posted by nmcan84
i sure wish i could've known all there is to know,the second i came out of the womb.
Then the first words out of your mouth would have been "Oh my G*d! WHAT THE H*LL IS THAT!!!!" |
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Not too far from Edmonton, Alberta
Canada
224 Posts |
Posted - 09/11/2012 : 09:08 AM
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Originally posted by tu
quote:
Originally posted by nmcan84
i sure wish i could've known all there is to know,the second i came out of the womb.
Then the first words out of your mouth would have been "Oh my G*d! WHAT THE H*LL IS THAT!!!!"
Hahaha! I needed a good laugh this morning and that did it; thanks, tu 
(And since I have absolutely nothing useful to contribute to this thread, I'll shut up now  ) |
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