Unit 6

Your task is to carry out research to allow you to answer the following questions:
What are climbing ropes made from ?
How are they constructed?
How are they used by climbers?
How are they tested?
What are the ideal properties of a climbing rope?
What Do you need to produce:
You
need to answer all of the above questions in your own words. Your work may
be hand written or word processed
The following companies make climbing ropes, they may have web sites with useful information.
Beal
Mammut
Bluewater
Black Diamond
Cousin
Edelweiss
Here are some links to sites with information on climbing ropes (to get you started)