— In Yahoo Canyons Group, scott patterson
I purchased two Beal statics with my REI dividend.
I don’t remember seeing any Beal canyoneering ropes at REI
What model Beal Rope are you referring to?
The only ones I see are not for canyoneering
Trail Line is for hauling gear on big walls
Rando is for Snow/Glacier travel
The only Canyoneering ropes made by Beal would be a special order. Beal does guarantee their ropes if you’ve had a problem I’m sure they’d want to know….
If I’m wrong I’d sure like to know…. I surely don’t know everything and never will.
Matt
Neil
In fairness to the maker you should title this thread, “Beal ropes not so good when used for something they are not designed for.”
Neil
— In Yahoo Canyons Group, “A.J.” wrote:
I had used the “rope walker” 8mm dynamic lines previously, and found > them to shred quite quickly. To be fair to them, they are only made > for glacier travel and emergency use, not canyon environments; but I > was completely surprised at just how fast they shredded. One canyon > was all I got… YMMV…
A.J.
I had used the “rope walker” 8mm dynamic lines previously, and found them to shred quite quickly. To be fair to them, they are only made for glacier travel and emergency use, not canyon environments; but I was completely surprised at just how fast they shredded. One canyon was all I got… YMMV…
— In Yahoo Canyons Group, scott patterson wrote:
I purchased two Beal statics with my REI dividend. After only two canyons (Mystery and Buckfarm) the sheaths are severly bunching. I have never had this problem with other new ropes (Imlay Canyon, Mammut, and others) and was rather disappointed that the sheath bunched so much after only two canyons.
I cut the tip of the rope off and pulled the sheath down to where I could cut off the excess, but I’m still guessing the sheath is going to bunch in the next canyon.
In addition, the Beal ropes are much faster and have less friction than my Mammut and most especially the Imlay Canyon ones.
Has anyone else had the same experience? Right now, I would recommend not using Beal statics for canyoneering. I assume they perform better for things like haul line.
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