holdplease2
Feb 13, 2007, 2:16 AM
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I'd rather not be asked "off belay." If you follow commands, you know. Belayer, you have the ez job. Just sit tight and do it until told to stop. End of story.
Of course, in this case, it sounds like that didn't quite work.
In this case, I go for rule #2: Never un-necessarilly shock load any system if you can keep from it. You just increase the odds of system failure if something isn't quite perfect.
Why the hell jump off of the top of a climb if you don't have to? If I were a gym owner and somebody was doing this all the time, I think I'd ask them to stop.
Sure, its the belayers job to do their job right...but the moment you let gravity take over your climbing and bodies are flying through the air on a regular basis, I think the game changes.
-Kate.
(Obviously I'm climbing more trad than sport (due to location), where falls are dramatically less frequent)
(This post was edited by holdplease2 on Feb 13, 2007, 2:17 AM)
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