Posts tagged belaying

I recently visited a new climbing gym and was instructed to belay directly off a ground anchor without any attachment to my harness. I've been to other gyms that belay with ground anchors but with ...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Chris Mendez‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

I'm having some trouble with my Gri-gri. It seems to keep "jamming" when feeding out rope. It's causing me so much trouble I've basically stopped using it and gone back to a good old fashined belay...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by System‭

I'm about to purchase my first belay device, and am wondering how long I might expect it to last. What signs should I be looking at to determine when a belay device eventually needs to be replaced?

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by nhinkle‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by System‭

I recently gave a belay from above to a group of five people who were all doing the same single-pitch climb and then being lowered off. (In this case the reason for belaying from above was that the...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Ben Crowell‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by System‭

I follow Andy Kirkpatrick(Hull's second best climber) on instagram. He rencently posted this photo: with the comment: Teaching self rescue...(how to belay with a broken arm) It looks like ...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by System‭