Activity for Davies-Barnardâ€
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A: How do you decide on a climbing grade? I was a route setter at a UK Wall for about 10 years and we used two primary methods alongside each other. Experience of the route setter - before you started the route you would have a purpose, line and grade in mind based on the available hold color. If it was for a lead competition then the... (more) |
— | about 8 years ago |
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A: Using Gri Gri 2 as a Self Belaying Device We used GriGri extensively at my local wall for groups, route setting and emergency rescue in the wall. The key issue is that like a car seat belt a GriGri needs inertia to fire it - a sudden jerk. If you weight it slowly it can slip and not lock. I experienced it while route setting and had... (more) |
— | about 8 years ago |