It’s time to buy a climbing rope, and you’re starting to feel overwhelmed. Static? Dynamic? What does it all mean? What is measured in millimeters? DOES size matter? All of these questions and more ...

Whether you are an avid climber or new to the rock-climbing scene, this popular activity necessitates some pretty important equipment purchases. From climbing walls in city gyms to the challenge of a ...

When you’re 70 feet up an overhanging rock face, the absolute last thing you want to be worrying about is your rope. It is one of the most essential parts of your rock-climbing kit. You’re not Alex ...

Climbing ropes have come a long way since the days of stiff hemp cord. A modern dynamic nylon rope will catch a falling climber softly, absorb the force without placing large loads on the rest of the ...

High-Quality Rope for Newbies. The Edelrid climbing rope claims to be a high-quality beginner’s rope, which we found to be accurate. At a beefy 10mm in diameter, it provides ample security for newer ...

Rock and mountain climbers rely on strong, yet elastic ropes to keep them safe should they happen to fall. Now mathematicians at the University of Utah have come up with an equation to design an ideal ...

I hate myself when I uncoil new climbing ropes. I always mess it up and it ends up an impossibly tangled heap that takes at least 30 minutes to undo. I finally watched a YouTube video the other day ...

Product News at UKC presents climbing, walking and mountaineering equipment posts that will be of interest to our readers. They are not gear reviews and are provided by companies that advertise with ...

How’d you get started? Every year for Christmas I make family presents. I’d seen the woven rope rugs and decided to try a few as gifts. I was like, “Oh, this is really fun.” At the time, I was using ...