jt512
Mar 25, 2010, 7:58 PM
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IsayAutumn wrote: OK, fine. I won't post here or anywhere else saying that it is safe to temporarily take your hands off the ropes when using an autolocking device to belay a second. ... I will most likely continue to do this (i.e., put a jacket on or snap a photo while I am belaying a second). However, you have convinced me that I will ask my partners before I do it. I climb with several people that do the same thing, so I will alert them to this ground breaking thread and hope that they too won't stop climbing with me.
IsayAutumn, subsequent to your posting the above partial rescission of your practice of belaying hands off, Benmoreite posted the following quote from the "Guide Mode" section of the ATC–Guide instruction manual:
"WARNING - Never take your braking hand off either rope under any circumstances,"
which states using the absolute terms "never...under any circumstances," is it permissible to take your brake hand off the rope.
So, having been made aware of this, do you still plan on ever taking your brake hand off the rope?
Jay
(This post was edited by jt512 on Mar 25, 2010, 7:59 PM)
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