PMI Climbing Ropes

Aspiring Enterprises supplies dynamic climbing ropes from the American manufacturer Pigeon Mountain Industries. PMI started in the 1970s as a manufacturer of static ropes for caving, and has been making dynamic climbing ropes for over ten years. Their ropes tend to be quite firm to handle, which gives the rope high durability.

Middle marking

Middle marking is important for indicating the centre of the rope. This marks the mid-point of the rope for abseiling and for coiling the rope doubled, but also has a vital safety function when the rope is used for lowering from sport climbing cliffs, as is increasingly common practice. If the halfway mark has passed through the belay when lowering starts, the rope is too short to lower the climber to the ground. This might seem obvious, but provision of a middle mark might have saved several climbers from death or injury.

Hypercore

PMI uses a special proprietary core treatment that improves the dynamic charactistics of the rope core, increasing the force absorption and strength. Equally importantly it eliminates sheath slippage over the core.

UltraDry treatment

PMI claims the best available dry treatment for its ropes. After several days immersed in water, the ropes absorb virtually no water. This is essential for mountaineering, where ropes that absorb water will freeze and become too stiff to handle. Our lighter PMI ropes are provided with UltraDry treatment.

PMI ropes are supplied in 60 metre lengths as the standard length.

Single ropes

Wall 10.6 mm single rope Standard treatment	A heavy duty hard-wearing rope for climbing gyms, rope courses, and outdoor centres. The specially thickened sheath provides excellent abrasion resistance. This rope is available on 200 metre spools, or cut to any length.
Spire 10.2 mm single rope Standard treatment	A mid-weight but hard-wearing single rope for sport climbing and general use. The firm finish gives good durability. We have some 50 metre ropes in stock currently, as well as the standard 60 metre lengths.
Elite 9.4 mm single rope UltraDry treatment	A light-weight single rope for mountaineering, with dry treatment. We have this rope only in 60 metre lengths.

Half ropes

"Half ropes" are designed to be used in pairs as double ropes. They are subjected to the same drop testing as the standard single ropes, but with a 55 kilogram weight instead of 80 kilogram. They are particularly applicable to "trad" climbing with gear, especially if the climb meanders, uses two cracks, or involves overhangs. "Twin" ropes are tested doubled as for a single rope.

Fusion 8.6 mm half rope Standard treatment	Double ropes particularly suit climbs with natural protection. Certified twin and half rope. Very low impact force of 5.5 kN, sustains a high number of UIAA test falls - 17.
Verglas 8.1 mm half rope UltraDry treatment	For technical alpine climbing, a pair of Verglas ropes is ideal for versatility as well as for the convenience of abseiling with double ropes. Certified twin and half rope, holds 18 UIAA falls twinned.

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Climbing rope bag

Our state-of-the-art climbing rope bag has a lightweight zip-off tarp which is a bag in its own right, closed with a shock-cord draw-string, so that the rope can be packed inside the tarp for carrying in a pack, separately from the satchel. The satchel incorporates a piece of carpet for wiping boots, and there is a small pocket for storing keys and watches, etc.

The tarp itself is quite small and is a tub shape, so that the rope will not slide off onto the dirt. The tub also makes it easier to convert the tarp into a bag for packing, either into the satchel or by itself.

The tarp is made of black ripstop nylon, and the satchel is a heavy-duty kodra fabric, jade in colour. The satchel is provided with an adjustable carrying strap.