Sterling Ropes

Sterling Rope Company of Biddeford, Maine offers ropes, hardware, and gear to enable climbers to face even the most challenging conditions. They are recognized as the best in technology, engineering, and techniques for such diverse users as amateur climbers and cavers, firefighters, alpinists, rope access technicians, arborists, and tower maintenance workers.

Their products include ropes, webbing (both sewn and bulk), and cordage; such as lanyards and fliplines, sewn cord, accessory cords, high tenacity cords, and Prusik and hitch cords. They also provide hardware, such as carabiners and snaphooks, pulleys, and descent control and rigging. Sterling also offers kits and systems, such as for mechanical advantage, arbor, multi-use, fire search, tactical, and fire escape. The company’s many rope types include static, arbor, dynamic, tech, search & escape, tactical, and even water rescue.

The company continually tests its products in order to determine whether they can stand up to common field conditions, such as load bearing, abrasions, temperature fluctuations, moisture, and rough handling. They are entering their third decade in the business and are diversifying by making strategic investments into educational resources and product development. Sterling is particularly interested in customer feedback as they are continuously striving to improve their products.