Pitch
The term rope length describes on the one hand the length of a rope or climbing rope , on the other hand in climbing the distance that is climbed with this rope in one piece before one has to stand again. In the past this was at least 40 m or 50 m, with today's ropes also 60 m or 70 m.
Multi-pitch routes
In multi-pitch routes, the length of the recommended or used rope is not sufficient for the entire climbing route, but only from one stand to the next. These depend on the local conditions and do not always have the distance of the full length of the rope. Nevertheless, shorter climbing routes are also referred to as pitch lengths and counted (e.g. a total of four pitches of 35 meters, 50 meters, 25 meters, 30 meters; total climbing route 140 meters). The necessary length of the rope depends on the longest existing rope length (in the example a 50 meter rope is required). With a rope that is 60 meters long, however, you can combine the last two pitches (climb in one piece without standing in between) and have climbed the same route in three pitches.