7.3mm Gully w/ UNICORE - BEAL
7.3mm Gully w/ UNICORE - BEAL
The Beal Gully 7.3mm UNICORE is the lightest half-rope on the market, and is also certified as a twin rope. Its extreme light weight and very low impact force make the Gully 7.3 an ideal rope for ice climbing, mountaineering and the most demanding terrain. Like all other thin double ropes in Beal's range, the Gully 7.3 benefits from the reliability and additional safety that UNICORE technology provides. Intended for expert climbers on glacial, mountain or adventure climbing.
Weight: 36 g/m
Impact force: Half 5.2kN, Twin 7.9kN
UIAA falls: Half 6, Twin 12
UIAA Certified Water Repellent - Golden Dry
GD = Golden Dry
UC = Unicore Process
CE and UIAA Certified - Half Rope and Twin Rope
PROCESSES
UNICORE
An astonishing process, bonding rope sheath and core without affecting the rope’s suppleness. If the sheath is cut or torn, the core and sheath remain bonded together. With a standard rope, if the sheath is cut by abrasion over an edge (a frequent occurrence in the mountains) it slips and gathers up over some usage. It then becomes impossible to pass this section of rope, whether ascending or descending.
THERMO FLUID
An infrared treatment which stabilizes the sheath fibers and therefore makes yarns more homogeneous. The result is a more compact, better handling rope.
OUR TREATMENTS
GOLDEN DRY
Process whereby every individual core and sheath strand is treated with a hydrophobic chemical formula before the rope is manufactured. The treatment is polymerised at high temperatures. This polymerisation process together with every strand being coated increases the longevity of the treatment. A GOLDEN DRY rope combines 2 treatments: the core’s treatment is added to the DRY COVER sheath treatment. This helps to achieve an astonishingly durable and waterproof rope.
A GOLDEN DRY rope:
Is more frost and water resistant.
Gains very little weight in humid conditions.
Improves rope suppleness through carabiners and belay devices.
Is more abrasion resistant during normal use.
The GOLDEN DRY treatment allows ropes to be labelled as UIAA WATER REPELLENT
UIAA WATER REPELLENT
The UIAA Standards testing submits a rope to light abrasion over its entire surface, equivalent to a few days of normal use. It is then soaked for 15 minutes following a precise measurement procedure. The amount of water absorbed must not be greater than 5% of the sample's weight. A rope that passes this test (in a certified laboratory) qualifies as "UIAA Water Repellent."
Beal's GOLDEN DRY ropes easily satisfy the UIAA requirements.
In comparison: a non-treated rope absorbs around 50% of its weight in water during the same test. A rope labelled as "dry" but with inadequate treatments absorbs between 20% - 40% its weight in water.
A Beal GOLDEN DRY rope absorbs less than 3% water. Only the "UIAA Water Repellent" certification guarantees performance.
