Deadly climbing Fall

Brett (climber) fell 50 feet and Veach (belayer) grabed above the ATC and got rope burn all over his fingers and palms down to his muscle.

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• rock
• climbing
• fall
• belay

[halleck3]

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

[allmodcons6]

shit belaying

[backfatdavis]

I am angry about this video and this is me announcing it on the internet. JK, brandon, get a job

[taurusclimber]

@9mmAlpha And yes, I would let an older climber belay me before this idiot.

[taurusclimber]

@9mmAlpha Hip belays generate more than enough friction to catch a fall. A munter hitch is even better, but the friction from the sheath rubbing against itself greatly shortens rope lifespan. So yes, there are methods that are tried and true, but better methods have been developed. It's helpful to know the old for the "oh shit" situations, but I'd rather use my Smart for belaying and an atc for rappelling backed up with a prusik since it doesn't hurt like hell like a body rappel.

[taurusclimber]

@9mmAlpha I understand that. I've used the munter hitch to rappel when I lost my device at the top of a climb, I know how to body rappel, and when I first started climbing, I didn't have money to buy a harness so I tied a swiss seat one out of 1 inch webbing. The problem is, those old harnesses were unsafe. In the early days, it was a simple loop of rope around the waist. Fall = severe injury, probable death. Next came the swiss seat. A huge improvement, but still uncomfortable when weighted.

[taurusclimber]

...I will. I know how to body rappel. I know how to secure my body if I don't have an anchor. What you don't know is.....anything about me. What you are doing is making very stupid assumptions, showing me that you cling to the old and are not open to advice or innovation. You even judge a person you've never seen belay or climb, showing me how big of a dickhead you really are. So, in short, I don't care who you are, you can take your stupid elitist attitude and shove it up your ass.

[taurusclimber]

See, what you really do is show how much of a jackass you are. Have you seen a video of me belaying? Hmm. No. So shut the fuck up. You don't know my technique or the people I climb with. What I do know is that people get in trouble when they think they're experts. Equipment changes because of flaws or better designs, so methods change. I know about the effectiveness of the hip belay, but I don't use it because I have a better device. If I need to use it because I've somehow lost my device...

[clintonearlwalker]

@taurusclimber Bub, I have no doubt you can cross the Hinterstoisser Traverse blindfolded, and can ascend the Hörnli ridge in naked. Nevertheless, I see idiots like you and the clowns in this video all the time. Whenever I do, I stay FAR away because I don't want you falling down and knocking me off the rocks and I'm sure as hell not going to gather up your corpse.

[9mmAlpha]

belay device such as ATC is way more safer to use for belaying.... 20 yrs ago we normally use figure 8 for belaying and rappelling .... older climber before me are even talking about they only use carabiner to belay or rappel , and yeah they are definitely capable of doing it. with also nothing but rope as their harness ... I would rather trust my self to that old climber with carabiner to belay me than to this guy in video who lacks safety awareness that involve in this sport.

[taurusclimber]

@clintonearlwalker Then why don't you know the proper technique?

[clintonearlwalker]

@taurusclimber Why don't you eat the peanuts out of my shit bub?  I was probably belaying for years before you were born.