In reply to Adam Long:
> Not sure where this nonsense about Iceline's being too stretchy to abseil on comes from,
Did someone say abseiling? I thought it was Nick who noted that they stretch a lot if you fall - which is what you want I guess. But I agree, absolutely no probs abbing on them as long as you have a grippy belay device. I once top roped on one iceline (silly idea I know, but it was what was in the back of the car) when I found some very thin ice on a local cliff. The ice gave way when I was about 4 or 5 mtrs up at a guess, and I very gently and smoothly touched the ground on rope stretch! So they do stretch a lot.
But having said that, I used my iceline loads for nearly a decade, mainly ice climbing but also some big mountain rock routes in Norway where it being long and light were great. It hardly showed any wear over that time and is the best value for money rope I've ever had of any type. I wouldn't choose it for predominantly rock climbing (particularly single pitch cragging) but mine was a superb rope.