I think the amsteel blue would probably work fine for the climbing sticks. But the amsteel rope I've seen is relatively small diameter stuff. The bigger diameter static rope (8-10mm) is ideal because it's somewhat "stiff" and can be thrown around the backside of the tree pretty easy, and grabbed easily with gloves on. Also, it cinches down well, but not so well that's it's difficult to undo when you want to climb down. I would think the smaller rope would be more difficult to undo. I could be totally wrong... I'm just speculating.