Rope Ladder

[atron]

Awesome Idea!

[White Rabbit]

I built one of those cable ladders today. It turned out extremely well, exactly 25 feet long, but it took a lot more time than I thought it would. I don't have a drill press (although I'm thinking of buying one now), so it took forever to individually drill out holes for each ladder rung. Attaching all the cable clamps took quite a while, too. After all the work I put into it, I'm not so sure I want to leave it in the cave. But if I get a drill press, I'll definitely make a couple because I could crank out a couple more in no time.

Here's a few pictures. I had my brother test out the ladder on a tall tree. He had a rope and a harness, so I had him use that just in case the cable clamps weren't strong enough to hold the ladder rungs. It worked perfect, though.

[S1L3N7B0B]

Well done! How big is it while rolled up?

[White Rabbit]

Well done! How big is it while rolled up?

You could fit it in a duffel bag or a backpack if you could do a really good job of rolling it up.

[ann_marie]

Your brother has a nice ass.

[ropingk]

tisk tisk tisk

[ropingk]

W/R what did you use for the runs??? and did you use the cable clamps on the top and the botton of each??

[White Rabbit]

W/R what did you use for the runs???

That lightweight pipe they use for the toprail on chain link fences.

and did you use the cable clamps on the top and the botton of each??

I just put them underneath the rungs. I probably should have put them above the rungs, too, because they tend to slide up and down a lot when the ladder isn't vertical. But it was a pain connecting all those little cable clamps as it is. I might still do it if I get really ambitious though

[atron]

Very nice, now buy a drill press and make a bunch and sell them on ebay for fun and profit!

[caver]

You can buy them online but they might be out of some peoples budget.

http://store.karstsports.com/lmscableladder.html

Our grotto (caving club) had one. I really don't care for cable ladders
but we've used them a few times for short nuisance drops.

[White Rabbit]

You can buy them online but they might be out of some peoples budget.

http://store.karstsports.com/lmscableladder.html

I'd like to look at one of those in real life, just to see how they're made versus mine. I'd probably never buy one, though. That ladder's only 32ft and it's $150. Mine might not look as professional, but I could build one that's 50ft for less than $50.

[S1L3N7B0B]

You sure as hell could make a small ebay business out of that.

[caver]

The rungs are just wide enough for one foot.
The rungs are hollow aluminum and about a half inch in diameter. Most likely aircraft aluminum. They use crimps on the cable which is very small but rated for the task. Very lightweight.

[Kit]

very impressive! wish we would have had one of these in the clay cave. would have made climbing walls of clay a lot easier!

[Sertile]

And how exactly did you get it up in that tree?