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Should GriGris be alllowed in climbing gyms 10-Feb-2011 At 3:16:08 PM garbie

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On 10/02/2011 yankinoz wrote:
>On 10/02/2011 Eduardo Slabofvic. wrote:
>>
>>Person how learns to belay on Gri Gri and doesn't know how to control
>>break line, has left hand holding Gri Gri in open position whilst using
>>right hand too fee out slack...
>>
>>This happened to me, and I will never ever ever be belayed leading with
>>a Gri Gri...
>
>I would never ever ever be belayed leading by that person who doesn't
>know how to control the brake line.
>
>Agreed that learning to belay on a GriGri is bad. Teach on ATCs and
>I would suggest that Gyms should check lead climbers/belayers on ATC usage
>for a 'pass/fail' then allow them to actually belay with whatever they
>want.
>
>-Rob

No we prefer to check them on the device they actually use. Their technique on other devices is neither here nor there. But I'm a bit old-school in one way that I think all climbers should be proficient on a few devices including an ATC and even a munter hitch in case you need it one day.