Yale 10.5mm R.I.N.G. Lanyard

The Yale 10.5mm R.I.N.G. lanyard is a rope positioning lanyard from Yale Cordage, built from 10.5 mm rope. It gives climbers a light, flexible lanyard for positioning while working in the canopy.

Where a rope lanyard fits

A rope lanyard is lighter and more flexible than a wire core flipline, which makes it the everyday choice for pruning and canopy work. At 10.5 mm, it runs smoothly through many mechanical adjusters.

Check the lanyard length and that your adjuster is approved for 10.5 mm rope before ordering. Compare other rope lanyards.

Yale Cordage is a US maker of arborist climbing and rigging ropes, and it makes lanyards and cordage to go with them. A 10.5 mm rope is a bit lighter in hand than many 11.7 to 13 mm lanyards, which some climbers prefer for long days of pruning.

Use and inspection

Rope lanyards are vulnerable to saws. Use a second attachment point when cutting, and keep the lanyard out of the cut path.

Life-support gear must meet the applicable standard, follow ANSI Z133 and the manufacturer's instructions, be inspected before every climb, and be used only by trained climbers. Retire a lanyard with cuts, glazing, stiff spots, or damaged terminations.

If you are moving to this lanyard from a thicker one, practice adjusting it low in the tree first, since a thinner rope feeds differently through an adjuster.

Store lanyards clean and dry, away from saw fuel and bar oil and out of the sun. Log the date of first use and inspect before each climb.