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  • This vid scared me so bad I had to post another comment. To belay correctly you need a climbing harness, carabiner, a figure 8, and gloves. Keep BOTH hands on the rope at all times. As the climber moves up KEEP THE SLACK OUT OF THE ROPE. If the climber falls or pushes off, put your trail hand in the small of your back. You can catch or lower a climber easily this way. It's the climbers job to make sure the protection doesn't pull out, the belayers job to "catch". Stay safe.

  • What in the fuck was that?? When I was college my room mate was into climbing big time. He had books and maps of every route up every mountain in the world. He was a tall skinny dude with a bunch of equipment. I went with him often, I couldn't climb nearly as well as him, so I would belay. He would often not be able to reach the top and want me to let him down, I never let him free fall so much as 1 inch.

  • Why am I looking for people falling off mountains ?

  • it was done on purpose,you cunts!

  • I'm just stunned at the performance of the belayer. just to let everyone know the role of the belayer is critically important and has your life in there hands. that could have been so much worse. if you are belaying for someone don't think that it is a secondary role. it is a duo that goes climbing and as a consequence it is relatively safe activity. as we see here the climber may have thought he was top roping but as it turned out all of the sudden he was (just about) free climbing.

  • Where is this? looks like So Ill.

  • the belayer should b stoned alive or should be belayed byhimself :S

    man.. climbing is not a joke, its fun, but b serious, gravity and physics have no mercy for mistakes.. they can kill you...

  • guys he literally got that on video

  • The lesson learned here is that belaying takes 100% attention at all times. Its not as easy as many people make it out to be. I always see people shooting the shit while belaying or half assing around. I treat climbing the way I treat firearms, with 100% respect and discipline at all times. The only thing keeping that climber alive is your break hand and it better be a bomb proof grip on the rope. Once that rope starts moving 32 ft per second per second, its going to be very hard to stop.

  • I would never lay my life to the hands of a stupid jerk like that...

    The climber really was lucky not to have fallen to death

  • Very lucky

  • I would smash my belayer in the mouth if this happened to me! If the guy doesn't know what exactly to do and do it safely I would not put my life in his hands! How about a five minute training session or throw a GriGri on that putz, stupid, stupid, stupid!

  • jajaj el que esta asegurando que le paso .???

  • Belaying with a cock in your hand huh...

  • sei´stolz, dass  du´s auf Video hast!

  • When I went for a beginner lesson, they guy kept saying: "it's the responsibility of the climber to know, choose, and trust the belayer. If the climber falls, it's their own own fault for choosing that belayer"

    I can understand that argument...but that only seems like half the case. It's the belayer's responsibility to say if they are comfortable or knowledgeable enough to do it.

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  • my first thought after taking a huge fall would always be: DID SOMEONE GET THAT ON VIDEO?

    not "have i broken anything?" or "i am going to kill the belayer"

  • learn how to freakin belay

  • Congratulations. You LITERALLY got it on video? I thought you just FIGURATIVELY got it on video. You and your friends are going to get snuffed out by Darwin's Law. Have fun drooling on yourselves and getting stuff on video literally before your somewhat timely demise.

  • did he get it on video

  • Nice dynamic belaying hahaha just learn to belay...

  • but did you get it on video??? i just don't know..

  • The climber should know and understand the limitations of the people he goes climbing with and especially who is belaying him. If that belayer grabbed the rope above the ATC he clearly didn't know what he was doing and it's up to the people around him to either train him well enough to trust or not allow him to belay. It can be the difference between living and dying.

  • no way tha twas 50 feet

  • OH MY GOD I GOT IT ON VIDEO! Dude, I seriously just got that on video. OMG OMG OMG! I literally held the camera straight!

  • someone throw the belayer off the top for experience

  • gri gri ftw

  • voll idiote!!!!!!

  • yeah i dont give a fuck that guy would be dead for that shit straight up dead

  • Climbing for years with all manner of belay devices. 8s, Grigri, etc, etc. This stuff SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. I'd have kicked the shit out of my belayer too if I hadn't already broken my ankles or died. Climbing is safe with PROPER MENTORING AND INSTRUCTION. Learn the freaking fundamentals first!!!!

    Don't DIE>

  • @asddge His right hand should _never_ have let go of the portion of the rope below the ATC. In the description it says he grabbed above the ATC, which means that he had know way to stop the rope once it started slipping through the ATC. The correct way to belay is to always have the rope locked off below the ATC and to only unlock it to feed more rope to the climber, which is still safe because it can be pulled into a locked position easily if the climber falls.

  • he deserves to have his hands fucked for being incompetent.

  • @ferociousLamm I think the climber deserves to have hit the ground for not checking that his belayer knew what he was doing.

  • @quadelirus agreed.

  • Could anyone explain to me what does it mean "to get something on video"? Despite the obvious... (to record something on "tape") I'm not a native speaker...

  • @asddge Probably go climbing with someone (more) experienced plus taking climbing lessons and reading the manual of the ATC

  • no grigri?

  • @dleonardcs The grigri isn't the only belaying device in the world... Also the grigri is no substitute for an attentive (and competent) belayer... I would be more nervous if I had that idiot belaying me with a grigri, than if someone competent would be doing the same with a figure 8...

  • @kondadotm I know thw grigri isn't the only belaying device in the world. My question about this video is: the belayer is using a grigri or another device?

  • @dleonardcs Ok, sorry then. The description says he was using an ATC (black diamond airtraffic controller -- i.e. tube device, similar to the Petzl Verso/Reverso3) that's why I got your question wrong...

  • @kondadotm sorry, I didn't read the description

  • what a fucking idiot the belayer is dumb as fuck

  • eres bastante idiota por llevar a cabo esa temeridad. deberías haberte roto alguna pierna para que aprendieras

  • trottel... lernt erstmal zu sichern!

  • yeah... deadly. idiot.

  • Luckily the belayer won't be able to belay much after that horrible catch...

    

  • belay sucks

  • D bag, put your shirt on..

  • Idoits

  • shit belaying

  • You idiots. That COULD have been deadly. Nice. No helmet either. Well I'm glad it worked out for you getting it on video and all. Buy some gloves and learn to belay. top rope if you can't catch lead falls. Idiots.

  • If that'd been me, I would've gotten up and kicked the living sh*t out of that belayer.

  • @halleck3 I would have done that. I would never climb with people that have experience that don't extend much further than the local recreation center's rock wall or Dick's Sporting goods. Do it smart, find your local rock climber community surround yourself with knowledgeable safe climbers that know what they're doing. The fucktard should probably wear a helmet.

  • @shaggzm4 Amen!

    

  • @halleck3 the guy standing there with his arms crossed??!!

    wtf

  • @halleck3

    no you wouldn't have. you'd have done probably the exact same thing he did: flick him some minor shit but mostly keep your resentments to yourself.

    tough typing is so transparent.

  • serious question - what was the belayer doing? there seems to be very little force on the rope stopping the fall, and the belayer doesn't fly into the air, confirming that he wasn't locking the rope. firstly - why?! secondly - why didn't he apologise/you yell at him?!

  • definitely important to make sure your belayer knows how to belay :) this guy is lucky he wasnt any higher up when he fell, would have been much much worse

  • Idiot Belayer

  • where is this?

  • WHAT THE FUCK KIND OF BELAYER IS THAT

  • i turn'd my computer on side :).

  • I like my belayer a whole lot more now.

  • I figuratively got that on video...

  • I think i would never climb with that belayer again

  • Its hard not to stereo type, especialy when 9/10 movies i see of americans is dumb shit like this.

  • Did he died?

  • Why no gloves for the belayer?

  • i got that on video... no are you alright DUDE? fucking idiot

  • belayer fail.

  • Use a gri gri.

  • @michaeld916

    Pay attention to the climber instead of relying on equipment.

  • @dannygaard1

    What happens if he hits a rock and it falls on you knocking you out/killing you?

    I guess gym climbing puts you in your own state of mind.

  • yeah you got that on video...only sideways

  • Good fall, your belayer is a tool.

  • id slap that fucking belayer haha

  • How can you not "literally" get it on video?

  • He literally got that on video!

  • worst belay man I have ever seen.

  • Don't climb with those guys anymore.

  • so you get a rope burn down to your muscle and you're going to stand there and brush your palms on your pants and smile?

  • seriously, the climber didnt fall, he jumped off, and i think the whole thing was planned, because no belayer can be so unable, and the climber stopped falling about 1 or 1 and a half meter above the ground...

    if you think that too, thumbs up!!

  • @indierektmusick can you not see the sponge's hands above the belay?

  • @indierektmusick yah now that you say that, it does sorta look like he jumped off....conviently right when the camera started...AND he didn't look to pissed at his belayer, which i know every climber would be

  • Hey man, it got it on video!

  • nice catch...

  • That belayer is a fucking idiot..

  • keep clicking to the start over and over and look at the guy

  • keep clicking to the start over and over

  • Why was the belayer standing 15 ft away from the wall?? What was going on that was so important he not paying attention? Why are you so stoked you got that on video??? HE ALMOST FUCKING DIED!!!!!!!!!!

  • someone needs a new belayer.

  • this a clear example of how NOT to belay...and yes, get yourself a new belaying partner until that moron learns how to pay attention ALL OF THE TIME!

  • Ive done shit that if that asshole was my belayer id be dead right now

    Not the climber's fault at all... lucky he didnt fall from even higher. Could have been a lot worse

  • FU! enough said

  • man i would fukin hit the guy on belay he wasent even holding the rope. if you look at the way he grabs it at the end looks like he got rope burn.what a moron

  • This is what happen when you have dropped too many acid hits in highschool and then try to be the safety rope handler for a climber

  • Looks like a jump to me

  • This guy is the reigning champ of who can come closest to killing themselves within a hair, get up walk away and laugh it off, sick video, sick!

  • @CanadianRockerGuy not close to death just incompetent.

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  • is that the gerdie block in the gunks ?

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  • Did you litterally get that on video? or did you figuratively get it on video?

  • FUCK YOU!!!

  • bullshit...the belayer cocked up, equipment was exactly right but he was holding the line direct above the belay loop, funny watching him look at his burned hands afterwards. Good for saving his mate but learn from the burn buddy, no matter how unlikely you think it'll be, get ready for the fall.

  • What the fuck was that belayer doing?! that guy could've gotten hurt man. Get your thumb outa your ass and pay attention to the climber.

  • If you have a newbie belaying, what the hell is the third guy doing filming (and I mean literally filming) instead of helping the newbie? If he was not also a newbie of course, in case the accident is just waiting to happen. Morons.

  • Wasn't the belayers fault you dip shits. His gear was placed incorrectly and popped out....

  • @smokeshows69 sorry to point out that your a moron but the belayer did fuck up as he was holding the rope on the climbers side not on the belay side of the atc when you learn more about climbing, you can come back and comment, till then stay off the rock cause your dumber than this guys belayer.

  • next time the belayer should wrap the rope around his neck

  • @rsmithway And thus killing them both?

    Good idea!

  • "literally" - As opposed to figuratively getting it on video.

  • Belayer deffo deserves a good head but man.What a twat

  • I wouldn't ever use that guy as a belay again.

  • "I literally got that on video" ??????? WTF is that CRAP?

  • omg what was the belayer doing?

  • Holy hell. If I was that climber and saw that video I think I would strangle my belayer

  • who gave that tit a belay plate?????????

  • 危ないね。

  • for my friend I would rather burn my hands than letting him fall like this

  • dumb ass belayer !!

  • You "literally" got it on video, not figuratively?

  • I used to climb here when I was in college. Near Masontown.

  • I dont think he got it on video, did he?

  • at least it was a soft deck...?

  • Have a close look at your belayer, he was not holding the rope. Back to belay school for him or someone is going to die!

  • Capturing events on video is now important than actually experiencing them.

    Did this guy capture it on video?  Fuckin' knob jockey.

  • great belayer. congratulations

  • well, you made it clear that you got that on video. but are you sure that you "litterally got that on video dude"? cuz it seems that u filmed that in a more metophorical sense

  • Morons - every one of them (climber included).

  • If my 2nd did that to me he'd be a dead man....an then id start on the cameraman!!! climbing is a dangerous sport,as all of us know,this whole vid is a farce..including Brett(the climber),he should have been on loads of climbs with his 2nd,that gains a mutual trust,but he's just got a pair of dick's( one to belay and one to film) to make him look good on camera,he's lucky to be alive

  • Id use the cameramans "video" to break the fucking belayer's fingers if i was on the end of that rope...what a pair of fucking moron's "ive got that on video dude!!!" By rights he should have been talking to a dead body...very very lucky lad!!

  • You got it on video? Too bad i have to hold my laptop sideways to watch it!

  • "I got that on video" probably would not be the first thing I would say, or even think of, at that moment.

  • I'd never want to see that guy on a rope again. Burned hands is a ridiculously small price to pay for potentially killing the climber. Just goes to show you that you need to know your belayer is competent before you trust him/her with your life.

  • dude i litterally got tht on video lol

  • I hope the belayer lost his fingers due to gangrene from the rope burn wound and the camera man got tonsillitis after not even caring if he was ok. because he was to excited about his stupid video

  • im glad he literally got it on video cause if he only figurtivally got it on video he wouldnt have got anything on video and we wouldnt know that he it a moron, literally. lol

  • @seanmstrickland tripple thumbs up, but i can only do it once

  • i literaly got that on video....lol

  • What a pity nobody got this on video.... they coulda put it on youtube and showed half a million people they were a mindless moron who didn't even have the sense to ask the climber if he was injured.... ok, sorry, I didn't mean to call you a moron... I meant fuckwit.

  • @TIMETOSMILEORFLY Or maybe cretin, boner weasel, "Lets go somewhere else before we have to rescue someone." motherfucks.

  • As soon as I got up I would have punched that dude IN THE FUCKING BALLS.

    What an idiot!!

  • thats when you beat the shit out of your belayer

  • gay camera man!!

  • Hardcore balaying! Whitout ATC!

  • he literally got it on video!!!!

  • Belay would have been nice!

  • wow dude! you litterally got that on video!

  • Did you got that on video?

  • It's a good thing he had a rope tied to him, who was supposed to be holding it?

  • Yo, the beayer is the hero here the way I see it. The leader probably told him to take him off belay cuz it was just that easy. But unfortunately he found a spider or snake or got a cramp and had to jump for it. *accidents happen* The bottom line is accidents do happen to all of us. Even stupid and embarrassing accidents. Therefore people should not be leading stuff they are going to fall on for 5 years. Then they can have* less* accidents that are stupid and embarrassing.

  • you got on your vid, i would think you would ask if hes ok if i was the guy climbing i would of beat your ass for saying that, my point exactly is stupid kids.

  • Gloves would have cut down on the injuries to the belayer's hands but wouldn't have made a difference in the outcome of the climber. Gloves weren't the problem nor was not having a Grigri. Grigri's help with inattentive belaying but doesn't improve the inexperience of your partner. I would hope that some veteran takes these kids under his wing and teaches them some valuable skills/techniques like I was fortunate to have had nearly thirty years ago.

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  • they were a split second from having his brains on video splattered all over the rocks--stupid fkn kids make climbing look bad

  • Your belayer sucks. Find someone who's not a complete moron.

  • @halleck3 What a tit .....NEVER LET GO OF THE BRAKE SIDE OF THE ROPE !!! EPIC FAIL!!!

  • @halleck3 I'd be giving the Belayer a kick in the nuts !!

  • @halleck3 I don't know who that belayer is, but where I come from you have to pass an exam before it's legal to belay someone and if this happened it will take a while before you can try again. That guy is a total retard.

  • why wasn't his belay ready then to Holt him from that fall what a wanker he is

  • Well I think the first think is asking him if he was ok and not if you got that shit on fuckin Tape !