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Indoor Rock Climbing Basics : Indoor Rock Climbing Safety Tips

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Uploaded by on Jan 17, 2008

Learn some basic safety tips for indoor rock climbing in this free rock climbing video lesson.

Expert: Hal Thureson
Bio: Hal Thureson is part owner of Vertical Ventures, one of the largest indoor rock climbing gyms in the southeast.

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  • Never attach you with a carabiner... This video is so stupid... Only use 8 knot directly on the harness !

  • The big loop in the center is for belaying and the two smaller loops are for tieing in. For any new people out there DO NOT LISTEN TO THESE VIDEOS. And those walls are like 10 feet high you really dont need a rope for that. Almost all gyms make you tie in not clip in. What happened to going over the commands?

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  • it says TIE in for a reason..

  • @Razakww

    This is true for the "old school climber," but In this case, It is much quicker and just as effective to go from one rope to another with a carabiner. No sacrifice has been made on safety.

  • carabiner's faster...

  • Oh MY GOD! Are you kidding me? ...carabinner..into harness?? whats wrong with this guy? And permanent 8 knots? This can kill someone ! Seriously...!

  • this is for indoor climbing only, where climbing conditions are controlled and safety is overseen "Learn some basic safety tips for indoor rock climbing". it is perfectly safe to do what they are doing......indoors.

  • This guy looks like Zee from 'Antz'

  • I always use a

  • Come on guys stop bad mouthing this vid, yes we are aware we was tought to tie in with the figure 8 knot and not use the karabiner, they obvs teach differently to the rest of us. if it works for him then who cares aslong as its safe

  • @thetree21220 first time ive upvoted something because this is true.

  • Tying in with a rope allows the knot and rope to "give" when/if a climber falls.

    (Kateland, stop climbing with this guy!)

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