Guides Tip: Belay Escape. Location: Joshua Tree, California

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Uploaded by on May 27, 2010

Adam Fox of Fox Mountain Guides and Climbing School demonstrates a safe and effective belay escape.

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  • Ahh, that makes sense.

  • @InvariableCrimper You would be certainly correct if the belayer were at the top of a climb and belaying a second up to them. I think they're trying to show if you were belaying off the harness, as in a normal top-roping scenario, how to escape from the system onto a ground anchor. The set-up they have is for demonstration purposes so everything is in one plane. Escaping the belay in this way is super useful if your climber falls and injures themselves in some way that you can't just lower them.

  • How come the belayer is belaying through their belay loop? Wouldn't it be easier if they had the belay plate attached directly to the anchor system instead and be attached to that separately so there would be no need to have to do this. Plus if the need arose they could very easily escape the entire system.

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