Single Rope for Alpine Climbing/Nano Reviews?

+1 for the Mammut Revelation. I only use mine in the alpine, and it's still going strong after 2 years of radness. For full length raps, I bring a 65m tag for a light easy to manage kit. Working with doubles at altitude makes me want to gag.

"double ropes...you and your partner each carry one so the weight in the pack is reduced"

I never really bought in to this argument, regarding splitting the pack weight. With a skinny single (or an 8.5 mm "single"), the rope and the rack probably weigh in the same approximate range. If one person carries the rope and the other carries the rack, the weight is split. If the rack is really light and is much lighter than the rope, make the guy with the rack carry one of the rope-carrying-guy's water bottles. Splitting weight is easy. A second rope will, in almost all circumstances, increase pack weight. Not that doubles or twins aren't sometimes useful/vital.

Nick Seaman wrote:+1 for the Mammut Revelation. I only use mine in the alpine, and it's still going strong after 2 years of radness. For full length raps, I bring a 65m tag for a light easy to manage kit. Working with doubles at altitude makes me want to gag.

Nick, what are you using for a tag line? Me thinks I could use one.

i use a Sterling 65m x 8mm it's pretty beefy I also have a 75m x 7mm for crazy stuff

My thinking is this with an 8/8.5mm mammut that i could double up if needed or just go with a 9.2 like you got

Eli Buzzell wrote: Nick, what are you using for a tag line? Me thinks I could use one.

I've been using Mammut 7mil accessory cord. 7 seems to be the right balance of beef/weight/utility for me. 6 is pretty dang skinny even for a pull cord IMHO.

+1 for the serenity

Also, look into the Sterling Aero. I've heard phenomenal things about it's durability. I've only climbed on it a bit but it handles super well out of the package.

I have the Nano 9 in bi-pattern 70m. I haven't got a lot of climbs on it but I would echo some other folks comments about durability. I used it on Pikes Peak to shoot a first ascent of Three Dragons. I would normally use my fat rope for shooting but circumstances just worked out that I was on the Nano. Afterwards, I noticed significant sheath abrasion whereas it looked pretty much brand. I did have a few climbs logged on it in Eleven Mile but the abrasion in many spots I now have are definitely from the Pikes Peak day. I am not ready to retire this cord yet but I'll definitely be more cautious about what it's scraping on in the future. I may only use it for this winter and move to a new rope for alpine.

I do love everything else about it though and it really is a great product. I am sure Sterling would wag their finger at me for jugging on it and swinging all around a big granite face with it.