We stock a wide selection of half ropes in a range of different diameters and lengths. From the top rope manufacturing brands; Beal, Tendon, Petzl, Edelrid, and Fixe.
Half ropes (sometimes called doubles because you need two) are lighter and thinner (typically 8-9mm) and are used for longer trad routes where the pitches don’t necessarily follow straight lines. You’ll need two as one rope is clipped into each piece of gear in order to give two (hopefully) straightish lines and so reduce drag. Halves also allow full rope length retrievable abseils by tying them together and abbing on both strands.
The Petzl company was started by Fernand Petzl who had a passion for caving.
The Petzl company quickly applied its underground tools and solutions to other vertical environments: to the mountains first - rock climbing and mountaineering - and then to the professional sector, with work and rescue at height. Petzl is now known as the leading innovator in the vertical world and has been associated with all major underground, alpine, and Himalayan adventures since the 1970s.
