Courant Squir

Matias said:
I just ran it on a friend's 16 strand, I think tuefelberger hi vee, and it was like driving on the rumble strip down the side of the highway. I will be making sure to carry extra ropes to work with them from now on in case they wanna set me up in multiple trees while I work.
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16 strand is fa rigging.....dis be mofo 2024.....next they will fly you in de tree with some manila hotbraid.
 
Matias said:
I just ran it on a friend's 16 strand, I think tuefelberger hi vee, and it was like driving on the rumble strip down the side of the highway. I will be making sure to carry extra ropes to work with them from now on in case they wanna set me up in multiple trees while I work.
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they try to squeeze out every tree for your dayrate, no?
 
rico said:
In anticipation of the the Squir I ran the RRP during my prehad/rehab climbing session today. This thing is so smooth, responsive, and quick its just silly.
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I should get my treepunk RRP this week. Excited. Had a first run for awhile but did not like the spring, hopefully that is ironed out. I assume it has because the reviews are great. So many are flying them.
 
So I climbed on all the Courant ropes at a class I was in. I liked them all even though I didn't want to. I was really pleasantly surprised and that little eye they have on it is so cool. I found they all had a nice hand and every one took my akimbo and RRP without any adjustment and no creep. I won one in the class but haven't gotten it yet. I also have the Statx but havent climbed on it yet.
 
@Shadowscape I noticed the weird tension of the Kalimba cover, when I took the 12cores out, of a short piece of the rope, the cover would bend and slightly twist when set on a flat surface. I just think it's that there are 18 purple and 6 yellow strand, the yellow are a more supple yet resilient, and also fuller feeling. The purple seem more hard and less resilient. And the yellow and purple are segregated, not symmetrically staggered, in the cover weave, so it seems to make the cover have slight uneven tension.

I have soaked and milked the Kalimba, milked it twice and was not able to get even an 1/8inch of cover off it.
I was thinking of working fine limestone powder into the cover of the rope before using it.
So the cover will internally abrade and expand, forcing the cover against the core, early on, as to reduce cover to core twisting in opposite directions.
Haven't tried this with a new rope yet, but it should also, hold the individual filaments of the strands, on the outside of the cover, more in place, when they start to be severed, from use.
 
I'm curious if anyone here has strong opinions about braided vs. twisted parallel cores, with regards to performance? I watched more of that video that @Muggs posted, and they mention that all the aforementioned Courant ropes have twelve, individually braided parallel cores. I wonder if this is how they are getting somewhat more static ropes with somewhat more forgiving nylon cores.

BTW, I know the ultimate desired level of performance here is absolutely zero stretch, but I like to know that there will be a degree of forgiveness if I happen to have walked out on another limb that was not as strong as experience had told me it would be.
 
I'm not a fan of real static ropes. Zero stretch is of little interest to me. I think we have gone beyond what is comfortable with the mind set less stretch is better. When I am going up a rope I want a little cush. Much easier on the body. I think we will be paying for static ropes down the pike with long term injuries.
1.8-3.0 % seems to be static enough for my liking and also comfortable to climb.
As far as falling... I don't believe that will play much of a role one way or another, no matter how far you fall or what length the rope is. You are going to get hurt. 0 or 2% isn't going to change the outcome.
My 2¢
 
I love the feel of a very static line and would climb on cable if I could, but I do notice that on long climbs the more static the rope the more pain I seem to feel at the end of the day.
 
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