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Q&A How to belay top-rope climbers who are ascending quickly?

Some of my climber friends are pretty fast climbers with a speed of about 20s for a 10m long route. The really fast ones use auto-belaying-systems seen on speed climbing competitions. Those auto-...

6 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Andreas Schwab‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#2: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2020-04-17T22:46:28Z (about 4 years ago)
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#1: Initial revision by user avatar Andreas Schwab‭ · 2020-04-17T22:46:28Z (about 4 years ago)
<p>Some of my climber friends are pretty fast climbers with a speed of about 20s for a 10m long route. The really fast ones use auto-belaying-systems seen on speed climbing competitions. </p>

<p>Those auto-belaying-systems are not available everywhere, so sometimes it can be done manually with a conventional belay device. </p>

<p>The belaying procedure can become pretty hectic and exhaustive to pull in this much rope in such a short time. Are there special techniques or portable belay devices that relieve the belaying person? </p>