Outdoor Rock Climbing : How to Belay Yourself While Rock Climbing

Learn belaying techniques used in rock climbing in order to stay safe when you're out on the mountain in this free instructional outdoors video.

Expert: Justus Zimmerman
Contact: www.justuszimmerman.com
Bio: Justus Zimmerman has rock climbed all over the United States, from long, traditional routes in Yosemite to short, hard boulder problems in New Hampshire.
Filmmaker: Nili Nathan

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[youdavintube]

Don't learn how to belay from this video, or any video. Get a competent friend or instructor to show you.

Then show them this video and they'll cringe and tell you whats wrong with it. (It may take a while!)

[franksnb]

THIS SHOULD BE REMOVED

[wyatt642]

his belay motions are wrong

[jambolino23]

This belay technique is perfectly safe when done correctly. It is featured in John Long's work "How to Rock Climb" and is AMGA certified. The problem is, while the technique is correct, he is executing it wrong. He has left his climber unsafe by not locking off the belay to his hip when not taking in slack, he is not watching his climber, and he is not in a proper belay stance.

[skyfooty]

Please take this video down. You are teaching very bad technique.

[cameraperson]

so a bight IS a loop. but I got your point. btw, I was bored and had nothing better to do this moment, so I was just f'n around, not picking on you

[cameraperson]

2-2

thefreedictionary says....

bight (baɪt)

n.

1. a loop or slack part in a rope.

2. a bend or curve in the shore of a sea or river.

3. a body of water bounded by such a bend.

4. a bay or gulf.

v.t.

5. to fasten with a bight of rope.

[cameraperson]

Agreed, but most people dont know what a bight of rope, so, loop is the closest synonym that most people will understand. We agree tho, it's too bad that this video teaches improper nonsense. It needs to be erased forever. Anyone who follows this advice, falls and sues- can sue the video goy, the expertvillage, and possibly youtube. I hope this happens but the injury is minor and not death. Hang on- I'll grab a synonym dictionary and post the results... 1-2

[Aiedail57]

Everybody seems to have already pointed out most of the faults with this video. But this guy just described a bight of rope as being a loop. What? Two completely different things and he uses one to describe the other.

[cameraperson]

bad climber, bad actor.

[cameraperson]

correct. the answer is death or trauma or least of all, ropeburn and a near miss. Then they will make brownies in their shorts.

[cameraperson]

The human head is well known to be as resilient as the person is stupid, so here we have some very, very resilient people.