resumedocket said:

It should be noted that FIELD & TREK and other good mountaineering stores will provide a shorter rope, with the best over the counter probably the Mountain Leader Training Board (M.L.T.B.) 8mm x 30m rope which I have used often for scrambling and abseiling/lowering.

 

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Mr Docket is a little out of touch here as MLTB changed its name to MLTE in 2004 and stopped doing ropes in 1998......

 

Andy gives some good advice there, but inevitably any written description is only part of the story (e.g. how does belayer control rope) - as he suggests it would be well worth getting a proper guide before you start falling off mountains attached to expensive gear, like the MLTUK guide he suggests, and BMC DVD guides. There's also quite a lot on YouTube worth searching for.

Once you've read/watched, practice in safe places - stairs, car parks, safe hill sides. And ideally with someone with you who knows what they're doing - they can pick up the things you do wrong without knowing it. A local climbing club, or LFTO meet would help there taking you up simpler routes to practice.

It should be noted that FIELD & TREK and other good mountaineering stores will provide a shorter rope, with the best over the counter probably the Mountain Leader Training Board (M.L.T.B.) 8mm x 30m rope which I have used often for scrambling and abseiling/lowering.

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A big ask! 

Attaching people to the end of a rope is usually done with either a bowline or a re-threaded figure of eight knot.  But bear in mind that a definition of 'solo climbing' is one person falling alone; a 'roped party' is a group of people falling together!   So you need also to think about how the rope is actually going to be used to safeguard anyone - usually by having one person securely attached to an 'anchor' whilst one person moves over tricky sections.  The same two knots or the overhand knot can all be used to secure the 'belayer' to the chosen anchor (tree, spike of rock, boulder etc.)

It can be useful to carry a couple of long tape slings for use on anchors - this makes things quicker and uses less rope - attachment of the rope to them will normally be by use of screwgate karabiners.

If you might have to hold bigger people then a further improvement is to invest in an HMS krab.  (as well as a sling) which can be used with a knot called the Italian Hitch as a type of friction brake taking a lot of stress out of any holding or lowering.  Have a look at chapter 11 of 'Hillwalking', published by MLTUK, for a thorough treatment of the subject.