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Re: [albinofrenchy] Is this gym insisting on unsafe practices?:
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moss1956
Jan 2, 2007, 11:27 AM
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Here is where the confusion on how to clip in comes from.
It used to be harnesses didn't have belay loops. I don't know if they
still make the BD bod harness, but I remember that it didn't have a belay loop. Instead you clipped a carabiner in at two points to belay.
Come to think of it, back in 1972 when I took a climbing class there weren't premade harnesses.
Time passes, things change. The reason that this rule is being enforced at your gym is because the person in charge of establishing the rules got behind the times.
Climbing changes fast, and it has a very poor memory.
"The insurance company makes us do it this way" is just a person
who didn't want to talk to you anymore... handling you. Its not true.
One more thing. The climbing gym is in Florida. I am pretty sure there is so little outdoor climbing available in Florida, that the bulk of the climbing scene is indoors.
Gym climbing gets stale fast.
I bet the guy who owns the gym doesn't climb anymore, and is just enforcing the norm from about 10 years ago.
Stop, while they still let you into the gym.
(This post was edited by moss1956 on Jan 2, 2007, 1:02 PM)
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Post edited by moss1956
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