Hey this is Stephen, the other guy they keep referencing who has spent some time climbing on this.
HRC is good along with any firmer rope. Sterling HTP, New England KMIII, Yale Kernmaster, Samson static line, All Gear Cherry Bomb type lines were good by memory. Stuff like the Yale 24 strands...
My co-worker's HAAS Velox is falling apart, I don't know why people like them. The plastic tubes for the shock cord are popping out the top, The little pulley at the bottom pops out of place, the stitching at the bottom is disintegrating from (what should have been) predictable wear. Covered...
http://wesspur.com/clearance/clearance-rope.html
Wesspur has several short lengths of kernmaster and htp (but its not 13mm) for sale in the clearance section. Theres another 20' of kernmaster mis-categorized in the 100+ foot section. Colors not listed.
http://www.sterlingrope.com/c/outlet...
A lot of the crowdfunding sites charge ~5% on top of the 3% processing fees. There are hundreds of options including diy ones, it might be worth taking a look for something with lower fees.
You might also explore the possibility of working with one of the major equipment manufacturers (DMM...
It will be possible to retrofit the old Pantin foot ascenders. There is a small hole already for the fastener.
I'm curious what the mechanical efficiency of the Rollclip will be. I've seen test results indicating the Petzl Fixe bushing micropulley was about 70%.
I don't think the steel core...