Belay technique

Tom shows how to correctly belay a climber on a top rope, using a belay plate

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Sports

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• belay
• bealying
• climbing
• wall
• rockclimbing

[360VideoGuides]

I was always taught to never remove your brake hand from the rope. You grab below your brake hand and slide your brake hand up.

[highlandclimber]

WOOT! SOMEONE WHO IS DOIN IT RIGHT!!!!!

i will say one thing

i have a better harness than he does lol

[rocketpony11]

@360VideoGuides You're right, you're not supposed to let go with your brake hand, even if you are doing it hand-over-hand. It's just safer to always have the same hand on the rope.

[ST3V3NWith3sForEs]

Probably okay for tr gym climbing, but honestly if I were on the sharp end I would not want this guy belaying me.

[greedonever]

@rockabetsy agreed.

[dyoonu]

Not a belay plate - an ATC.

Wouldn't want him belaying me - he's jerking the climber all over the place !

BOO ! ! !

[WorkedHard2PlayHard]

I use 3 or 4 belay methods (since different gyms demand different techniques to pass their tests). I have used this method before, and it is definitely as efficient as most of other techniques. It is completely safe, since the belayer always has a solid grip on the brake end of the rope (his left hand is certainly strong enough to hold the rope for 1/3 of a second while the rope is in a locked off position). This is one of the better videos showing hand motions for a given belay method.

[wburgboy75]

Why in the hell do people make belaying on a top rope using a non-locking device so goddamned complicated? All this slip, slap, slide, move your hand here, do this here, position this hand here shit isn't necessary. Hold the damn rope in the brake position below the device like you're holding a baseball bat. When the climber steps up, invert both hands, pull slack out, slide the hand closest to the device back down, then follow with the other, immediately back into the brake position.

[sm1thers]

yep this is the most common uk method. people need to stop winging about taking his 'brake hand' off the rope he is clearly braking with the other hand. the grabbing under the hand on the brake end of the rope is all well and good if your other arm is longer :s

[Viceroyal]

@360VideoGuides So, sit down and have a cup of tea and tell our mate know how you want him to belay your lil hitlerness so you can feel safe on an ascent. The thing with 'always taught' is that you have someone to blame when you fail at anything, and I am sure you 'blame' often.  Slap, clap, twirl, grab, squeel, hit, yawn.... I learned all I know from Obie-Wan-Kinobless and he is mighty. Hi-el self aggrandizement 360ness.