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Hi all,I wondered if anyone could help or offer advice. I did my summer ml training back in December (I know not really summer but yeah) and am lookin to get a confidence rope that I can practice safety on steep ground and confidence roping with a scared person. Iv had a look and was told to no go min than 8.5mm and 30m length. Iv looked at elridge and Beal but they are only 8.0mm and when I asked the guy in the shop if I could do body abseils on it he said they weren't suitable. So the question am Askin what confidence rope would people advise getting that I could use for ml prep. Thank you

In reply to andymil13:

No idea about ML stuff but do you really think 0.5mm is going to make that much difference? What did you use on your course?

In reply to andymil13:

Thread yesterday about this: http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=646306

But, I use a Beal Rando, 30m of 8mm. We used it on my assessment with another guy's 8mm rope no problem. You can do a body abseil on it, but if you try a classic, it's not comfortable! If you've enough rope, the South African's more comfortable and secure whatever the rope you're using.

In reply to andymil13:

re abbing: surely in an ML setting you won't be abbing 30m......any abb will be very short, so a 30m rope can be used double, thus 8mm will be fine comfort wise.

The Beal Rando is fine.

In reply to top cat:

what if your anchor's 15m back from the edge?

In reply to climbwhenready:


Then you'll have an uncomfortable abb and have to leave the rope behind

So you carry x2 60m half ropes ???? )

In reply to top cat:

Of course not I was just pointing out there are times that don't involve a 30m ab where you still can't use the rope doubled. I'm ML trained, not assessed, but IMHO there's quite a few terrain types in the UK where ML anchors are rather far back.