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It also happens in rock climbing in America. The primary safety rope has a length and diameter measured in metric, but the distances climbed and the size of the
by NegativeK 8y ago
It also happens in rock climbing in America. The primary safety rope has a length and diameter measured in metric, but the distances climbed and the size of the rock's cracks are measured in feet and inches. Other ropes might be measured with imperial lengths and metric diameters, or (occasionally) all imperial.
Your discussions are going to talk about 60m, 9.8mm lead ropes, two 7mm cordolettes (they're usually 20' long when untied,) some spare 9/16" webbing, and a bunch of 60cm/single length slings. Your climbing route can be anywhere from 30' to 3,000'.
Like all jargon and measurements, you just get used to it. I know what 9/16" webbing looks like and implies. I also can do the mental math to convert it to metric, but there's no point unless I'm talking to someone who needs those details and doesn't speak the same lingo (i.e., climbers from Europe who aren't yet used to our bullshit.)