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Indoor Rock Climbing Basics : Third Aspect of Belaying for Indoor Rock Climbing Safety

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Uploaded by on Jan 18, 2008

Learn the third aspect of a belayer and how to help the climber land 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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  • haha nice.. never want this guy belaying me.. he is even using the gri gri wrong ..

  • i hope you are joking ....

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  • I was just there today and met this dude. What is a GriGri and why is it dangerous what he's doing? I loved climbing and want to learn from people that know what they are talking about :)

  • Sascha, please recheck on both videos by watching them in full screen (the one on Petzl-site and this one) and have an eye on both types of harness... and believe me... I know how to use a GriGri because I had training together with certified trainers in the gym I am training at... the belt decides how the device is being placed

  • @JapaneseAnya the rope runs through the device without being slowed down

  • @SaschaKarilampi If you are a climber using the GriGri you might have seen that he is using a climbing belt that has not the typical ring attachment point as many other climbing belts have... this one has a horizontal one... and he is using a combined anchor point at the ground togehter with a daisy-chain... but most important for the propper function of the GriGri is that the rope is leaving the device in a straight line... and that the device is not being blocked by any other piece of gear

  • @Andakar It is basic. If you have the Gri Gri twisted as this dude have the locking operation on the Gri Gri may fail due to its not pulling the brake strait up, And if you look closer on the petzl site you se that in the video the dude have the Gri Gri strait up in 90 degrees from his body never twisted all the time as this dude have in this youtube video.

  • ok what happens if u loosen ur right hand too much?

  • yea... right hand, his thumb should be facing the gri gri

  • Wouldn't it be more helpful to show how to belay someone using an ATC? Most new climbers aren't sporting gri gri's. Heck, I don't even have a gri gri.

  • i dont see a disclaimer, someone die so they get sued.

  • Expert Village is a joke

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