VOLTA® 9.2 mm - Petzl USA

Ultra-lightweight, multi-type 9.2 mm rope for performance climbing and mountaineering

Product Information and Specifications

Basic Techniques

24 Tech Tips

Performance of new ropes

Length of my new rope and the middle of the rope

Forces at work in a real fall

Influence of the belay device

Fall comparison with rigid/human mass

Impact force - standards

What is the impact force of a rope?

How was the max. impact force of 12kN determined?

Why the 55 kg test mass for half ropes?

Why the 8 kN impact force for half ropes?

What would be the results of tests done with 80 kg on one strand of a half rope?