All the belaying techniques you need to know
Belaying is a key part of climbing. As you progress into different types of climbing you’ll need to learn different belaying techniques. Top rope belay for beginners, lead belay and multipitch belay from above for climbers who want to experience outdoor climbing.
Practising with a tubular friction device is the best way to learn belaying. Once you are familiar and comfortable belaying with tubular devices, you can switch to an Assisted-braking Belay Device (ABD). There are numerous ABDs in the market, we will look at 3 of the most popular. The Petzl GriGri, Mammut Smart and the Edelrid Mega Jul.
How to top rope belay
How to lead belay
How to belay from above for mulitpitch climbing
How to lower a climber from a loaded Auto-locking device
Belaying with GriGri
Belaying with Mammut Smart
Belaying with Edelrid Mega Jul
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