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

Learn the first aspect of a belayer and how to secure a rock climbers safety 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.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• walls
• gear
• equipment
• rock
• climbing
• indoor

[srozans1]

... your grigri is faced the wrong way. your technique sucks. it looks like your technique is similar to that used with a munter hitch, but not quite. A grigri is an "assiisted belay device" meaning YOUR HAND NEEDS TO GO DOWN, INTO BREAK POSITION!!!! I could go on, but i think you get the point. DO NOT DO AS THIS GUY SAYS TO BELAY!!!! Very important! this video should be removed.

[mrtopher101]

LET ME BELAY YOU WITH THAT TECHNIQUE

it will do the world a favor!!! hahahaha

[TheEpicLew10ant]

I'm no expert, but at my schools wall this was how we were taught and there has never been any health and safety issues, belaying has never been an issue as far as any staff, visitors or students... Is it because of the equipment you're all going on about? (I'm not familiar with climbing devices, my extent of knowledge is; rope, harness and a carabiner)

[Oceansnz]

Expert village links are fast becoming the links that I'll do my best to avoid.

[Goovje]

It makes me very mad to see him belaying like this and telling us HOW NOT TO BELAY THE RIGHT WAY BUT THE WRONG WAY of belaying,

what people allready are saying the best way of knowing is;

V TO THE KNEE 1.2.3.

[Guidesims3]

@viljamiini yes he is using a Grigri which has a system like a seatbelt in your car.

[Guidesims3]

V to the knee 1,2,3 you freaking moron.

With a grigri this mentaly retarded bell end techneque can be used (but for the love of god dont) because of the brakeing system in a grigri, but if the belayer was using a belay plate wher the only thing stoping the fall is friction on the rope and this technique was used ther is a massive chance of the rope slipping through the belayers hand and the climber decking out. with the correct technique the hand is always in the breaking posistion.

[jaenadar]

You're going to seriously injure your hand if the auto lock happens to not take.. I hope noone copies this technique.

[clarkey1009484]

aside from the terrible technique, if you keep your hand that close to the grigri, when they fall your hand will be nipped.. :P

[clarkey1009484]

@viljamiini yeah there is an auto lock, but you never want to rely on it alone, like you say, you must always pull the rope down (put it in the locked position) to be safe.

[clarkey1009484]

@srozans1 totally agree.. i teach climbing, and his technique is horrendous.

[andyr269]

people his Technique is all wrong and not safe!!