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)