Extending a tricky camelot placement or reducing rope drag on a meandering route,
sometimes only a long runner will do! A good rack has a wide selection of runners
to cater for all types of placement.
Slings are also invaluable to a good rack,
they can be used for the longest of runners, a bombproof thread, a cheeky spike
or perfecting a comfortable belay stance.When choosing your slings or runners
the length quoted is the end to end distance. (Not circumferance)
The line
between a long runner and a sling is where you put it! We tend to think up to
50cm is a long runner and 60cm+ is a sling.
Long runners are made from nylon
to be hard wearing
These are Nylong slings.
Slings are made from
dyneema or nylon. Dyneema is lighter then nylon but not so hard wearing. The greatest
danger to dyneema is a hot belay device. For Dyneema slings see related products
below.
