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I thought rigging ropes and climbing ropes were the same ropes. No?
by HWR_14 4y ago
I thought rigging ropes and climbing ropes were the same ropes. No?
- function_seven 4y agoI think I used the wrong term. Or a vague one. I'm talking about the difference between a rope used to tie down cargo in a truck and one used by a climber for safety. Doing a quick search for "rigging rope" shows me all sorts of tree-climbing ropes as well, so I should have said "cargo hold down rope" or something.
- LorenPechtel 4y agoI don't believe so. Climbing ropes deliberately have a one-time certain amount of stretch to them. (And if you take a fall that uses that stretch you retire the rope.) While climbing is not my thing I definitely know REI sells the climbing carabiners with the climbing stuff and the lightweight equipment ones in a different part of the store. I don't need a big safety-rated bit carabiner to attach a 4oz sitting pad to the outside of my pack!