JackF

This rope will be primarily ice only usage. I'll have to look into the other makers. Tough to find a thorough listing of rope stats from different manufacturers on one list. I'll keep looking

Since I climb with my wife mostly, the simplicity of a single rope would be, well, much simpler. I will look into them though. Maybe the wife will change her mind.

Seems like many climbing shops in the Denver area like Mammut ropes. makes you wonder if they make more $ from the sale than say a PMI. The reason I was also drawn to the Mammut rope line is you can pretty much get anything you want: 9.5x70, dry, duodess. Not many other companies offer a similar product. I did find an Edelweiss Ultralight ARC 9.9, 70m, Bicolor. Any thoughts? Thanks for the input-its nice to chat about something before you fork over $200.

Still very expensive at about 55+ USD.

I've been looking around at ropes a bit and have decided on a 70m Dry. Probably 9.5mm and of the duodess variety. Although, Mammut has something called Triosafe which is a way to identify the middle and about 7m from each end. If this is a braid change then OK but if its some type of marker that will wear off, then no thanks. Primarily for ice climbing here in Colorado. 70m might be overkill but I can only choose once if if I spear the rope with a crampon, I'll just cut it off but that will mess up the whole Triosafe thing but who cares. The rope I've been looking at is the mammut Infinty 9.5mm in the Challenge series. Such marketing with the series and everything. 70m Duodess or the Triosafe/Triodess. Any words for or against? Seems like prices in the US are much higher than in other places that sell Mammut ropes. Is there an english version of the Barrabes site. I just don't have the patience to sit there and try to figure things out. Thanks