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 karabiners and belay devices.
• Is more abrasion resistant during normal use.

The GOLDEN DRY treatment allows ropes to be labelled as UIAA WATER REPELLENTc:

BEAL ropes with a GOLDEN DRY treatment absorb less than 3% of water when tested to the UIAA’s standards:

• A rope sample is subjected to light abrasion over its entire surface; equivalent to a few days’ use.
• It is soaked for 15 minutes following a precise procedure.
• The amount of absorbed water must not be greater than 5% of the sample’s weight.

With less than 3% of water absorption, BEAL’s GOLDEN DRY ropes easily satisfy the UIAA’s requirements.

• An untreated rope absorbs around 50% of water in this test.
• Only the UIAA WATER REPELLENT marking guarantees performance.