Thread: Alpine ropes harness etc

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

I am not skilled in climbing. But I like to carry a 20 mtr rope for getting down tricky banks and drop offs, belaying river crossings, tying to gut and recover game. I use the rope to measure down a bank, pass it around a tree etc and knot the ends together. That gives 10 metres of safe rope supported decent.

I possibly worded my original post wrong as this is the sort of stuff I was intending on using it for, a 20 odd meter rope and a lightweight harness, not full on ice and nasty mountain climbing. But I will be doing a alpine style course before I venture into anything more than I already do currently while chasing tahr