Climbing Rope

“Today, I will attempt to cross the Red Sickle without benefit of ropes or climbing hooks.”
-excerpt from Silka Binsendengler’s last correspondence, 1028 FB

Most adventurers, seafarers, miners, and burglars know that it is never a bad idea to keep some rope handy. Climbing rope is technically no different from standard rope, the main difference being that the addition of knots and climbing hooks can ease an ascent or save someone from falling.

Climbing ropes are typically made from hemp, at least 65 feet long (though custom lengths also are available), and strong enough to carry the weight of multiple adult humans. However, they also are heavier and thick (fingerthickness or greater). For this reason, people such as burglars and traveling scholars often invest in silk rope, which is far more expensive and more difficult to obtain, but thinner, lighter, and just as durable.

Climbing rope is suitable for repairing suspension bridges, pulling a cart out of a ditch, fashioning into an improvised cordon, and much more, but is usually too thick to use for binding someone’s limbs.