Imlay Rope Silo - EXTRA Large
Imlay Rope Silo - EXTRA Large
The modern, effective way to manage your lifeline in canyons. Rope Silos allow you to handle just the part of the rope you need, and keep the rest in the bag. The stiff rim and foam-padded sides make loading the rope a snap, and a couple of tie-in options allow flexibility in technique. A shoulder strap and two handles make it reasonable to carry or pass along to the young, strong peeps in your canyon crew. Sewn in the USA. Winslow Arizona to be precise.
PROTIP: Write your name and phone number on the inside of the drawcord sleeve with a sharpie.
A Silo 3" taller than size large. Fits a 300' 9.2mm or 360' 8.3mm.
Availability: on hand as of Spring 2023, but only in Prison Orange… I mean, SAR Orange.
Dimensions: 21" tall x 10" diameter (at top) - 20 Liters
Weight (Large): 1 lb 7 oz (660 g)
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Sewn in USA.
You may prefer the lighter, simpler, less expensive: Imlay Heaps Special Rope Bag
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Imlay Canyon Rope 8mm is firmly woven for longest life, and uses 100% polyester to minimize water absorption. A nice handling static rope that works great for canyoneering. This is our lightest rope, intended for those times when lightness and economy are important and durability is not. It is not intended as an every-day rope.
The Canyon Fire rope is roughly 10% heavier and costlier, and at least twice as durable.
8mm rope is on the 5% longer program like the other ropes.
Color: Red White and Blue
When every ounce or cubic inch matters - this is the ultra-light solution. The UHMWPE gives this braided string a tensile strength of 2200 lbs - way strong. Hard to handle (hold onto), ties not so well and is a pain to stuff. It is very light and very compact. Choose your tools wisely. 1/8" UHMWPE braided string for use as a Fiddle Pull String. Colors: assorted, no choice.
(Price decrease March 2025 due to decreased cost from the NEW supplier.)
Hard to Handle: such that stuffing the Amsteel back in the bag is called “Milking the Kitty”. Using without a specialized bag would be excruciating! We make the SECO-050 for this (both lengths) and BG-Gear/Luke also makes a very different specialized bag, which you might like.
The FiddleStick is an advanced canyoneering anchor tool. It is a new approach to retrievable anchoring, opening up a wider range of possible anchors, and making it possible to descend more canyons and leave nothing behind (aka “ghosting”). As an ADVANCED anchor tool, it requires skill, practice and understanding to use safely. Even when used properly, it has the possibility of failing, resulting in severe injury or death, or being stranded in a canyon with your ropes hopelessly stuck.
I was selling both my FiddleStick and BluuGnome’s Smooth Operator, but now the Smoothie can only be ordered directly from Luke at BG-Gear.com
Both are generally used with an Amsteel pull string that pairs (threesomes?) with the SECO-050 rope bag.