Edelrid Kurt Climbing Haul Bag

The Edelrid Kurt Haulbag is a climbing haul bag built to take a beating on the ground, in the truck and on the drop zone. It swallows a climb line, hitch cords and a rack of hardware in one load, so your kit shows up at the tree together.

What it does on a job

Most climbers end up with a pile of gear that lives loose in a truck box: rope bags, a saddle, a few lanyards, a bucket of carabiners. A haul bag puts all of it in one place. Load the Kurt at the shop, throw it on your back at the job and dump it on a tarp at the base of the tree.

Because it is built like a big-wall bag, it holds up to being dragged through brush and set down on mulch, gravel and wet lawns. That matters, because contaminants like bar oil, gas and grit are what shorten the life of rope and textiles.

A haul bag also makes the start of the day faster. Instead of digging through a truck box for the right lanyard or the spare hitch cord, you grab one bag and know everything is in it. At the end of the job, everything goes back in before you leave the site, which cuts down on gear left behind at the base of a tree.

Who should buy it

It suits climbers who move between crews or trucks and want their personal kit to stay together, and anyone who is tired of rope bags splitting at the seams. If you only carry a single line and a few biners, a smaller rope bag from our gear bags section may be enough.

Keep life-support gear clean and dry between jobs, and keep your inspection routine the same no matter how you store it.

Before buying, think about what you actually carry. A full saddle, a long climb line and a hardware rack take real volume, and a bag that is packed to bursting is slow to load and hard on zippers and seams.