I am looking for a strong static rope. Something strong enough to be used two or three times for rappel/belay. There are plenty of great ropes out there (mostly for climbing) but they are all very thick, bulky and heavy. I need far more light weight and compact solution. I thought I had seen a post on this board with some good suggestions but now I can not find it. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

BTW: I have a little rappel/belay experience (no expert by any means) and I realize thick rope is best but im talking about a rope for use in a 2 or 3 emergency situations only then I'd replace it. I imagine that a decent pair of Kevlar gloves make thin rope rappelling a bit easier?

Im actually interested in this as well, any help is appreciated.

Certainly I'm not qualified to give out climbing advice, but I keep 150' of 3 mm New England Tech cord (3000lb) in my kit. Just in case.

The problem is finding rappel/belaying devices rated to work with such small cord. I'd be interested what you come up with.

Note this cord is VERY stiff.

http://www.neropes.com/techdata/tech_cord.htm


Oh, I just found this:

http://www.equipped.org/ubbthreads/showf...o=&vc=1

Check out this thread. There are all sorts of links on it to various suppliers of escape or "micro" rapelling systems.

Ed

Take a look at the following:

Testing info:
http://fe.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_D...RD=RIT+drop+bag

Products- ropes, systems, devices:

http://www.lifesafetyequipment.net/personal.htm

http://www.evacsystems.com/index.cfm?res...amp;item_id=246

http://lifesafetyproducts.com/a-armacc.htm

http://www.bmsrescue.com/picnan.html

http://www.onrope1.com/store.shtml?mode=...cape%20devices)

http://www.evacsystems.com/index.cfm/resource_id/186.htm

http://www.rescueresponse.com/store/Sterling_Rope.html

http://www.rescueconcepts.com/516.html

There are many others, these are just a few. Pete