This is common in the American climbing community, rope lengths are always in meters but people often use feet for wall/mountain heights. 60m is a standard cat

This is common in the American climbing community, rope lengths are always in meters but people often use feet for wall/mountain heights. 60m is a standard category of rope, so it would be confusing (for climbers at least) to call it 196ft or 200ft rope. It's also common to talk about 4000-footers in New Hampshire and 13ers in Colorado, so I guess that's why (some) people stick to feet for mountain heights. I agree it doesn't make sense because sometimes you have to convert in your head to see if your rope is long enough, but it's just the custom here for whatever reason.