Chockstone Forum

      Sponsored By
      ROCK
   HARDWARE

Chockstone Photography

Australian Landscape Prints

Chockstone Forum - General Discussion

General Climbing Discussion

Topic Date User

Who is responsible for bad belaying? 17-Nov-2007 At 8:48:30 PM SHANESHAW

Message

I have been only climbing since June this year and I am still a learner. I have held a few lead falls sofar and I can say that if people do not concentrate they can drop their partner. I am a big guy 125kg so I can hold falls quiet easily. I have myself observed people standing too far away when belaying just to give them a better view of the climber.

I believe any person who is belaying and won't take any blame is kidding themselves. I state that if you are belaying your partner , then you and only you are responsible for his life and holding him should he fall. Who gives a shit if there is a little runout between draws or he didn't tell u he was falling. If you can't belay and hold someone because there is distractions then give it up.

2 years of belaying and this happened, well I can only say don't belay because you aren't very good. If it was me I would have given you a broken nose also for not belaying me properly.

No wonder people die.