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At top of voice, shout what the F@#$ are you doing

10%

Politely suggest there may be a better way

41%

Grab a deck chair, pina colada, and be entertained

23%

Sheepishly sneak past and ignore you saw anything

What do you mean I'm doing something wrong

Offer the belayer a knife so he can save himself

They're gonna die anyway, so start throwing rocks

Proclaim,"No, the humainty", and comando roll away

10%

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Shaggys Dilemma 12-Dec-2005 At 12:46:35 PM shmalec

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I like the "one big loop" method of (not) equalising belays....even more entertaining when you combine it with cams that only have one side engaged. Had this demonstrated to me while sharing a belay ledge on Tiger wall some time ago. After getting a grizzly response on pointing out the cam I took the "pina colada" approach.

I have in the past volunteered my own anchor "just as a backup".

The "american" belay technique baffles me. The rest of the world seems to understand?