Yale Imori Replacement Lanyard

The Imori replacement lanyard is a positioning lanyard made from Yale Cordage Imori rope, ready to swap in when your current lanyard is worn out. Keep your adjuster and connectors if they are still in good shape, and replace just the rope.

When to replace a lanyard

Lanyards take a beating. They get wrapped around bark, pulled through adjusters hundreds of times a day and dragged across the ground. When the cover is fuzzy, glazed, stiff or cut, the rope has to go, even if the adjuster and carabiner are fine.

A replacement lanyard is the cheaper fix. Imori is a firm rope that holds a hitch and feeds well through most mechanical adjusters. See all our rope lanyards to compare ropes and colors.

Measure your old lanyard before ordering, or think about whether it was ever quite right. Replacing the rope is a good time to go a little longer if you keep running out on big stems, or shorter if you mostly climb small trees and want less slack hanging off the saddle.

Matching it to your setup

Confirm the diameter and construction work with your adjuster according to its maker's instructions, and that the terminations match how you clip in. Inspect your reused hardware as strictly as the new rope.

Lanyards are life-support gear that must meet the applicable standard, be used within ANSI Z133 and be used by trained climbers. Keep the saw away from the rope, and retire it after a cut, heat damage or a shock load.