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To belay or not to belay 14-Apr-2005 At 8:59:34 AM PrincessFingers

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I was talking to a friend who went climbing at KP (in Brisbane) last night. She had a wee accident whereby, finishing her climb and coming down (as the climb was top rope) the belayer let the rope slip and she fell approx 2 metres hitting her shin against the rock, cutting herself and badly bruising her lower leg.

Later the belayer was talking to my mate, turned around and quote, “It’s happened to me, so don’t worry about it too much”.

My argument is, I know that we’re all not too keen on being belay bunnies, THOUGH, looking at it from the safety aspect, I strongly believe, when belaying, you need to remember that you literally have someone else’s life in your hands.