On 25/06/2015 Macciza wrote:
>Well at least that video displays better belay technique then the OP vid
>. .
>Despite the rope being at his ankle at the draw, so waist no more then
>1m above it, he still manages to fall a healthy distance avoiding being
>slammed straight into the rock. Further you can see where the belayer gives
>way , adding a bit of length to the fall but slowing the rotation in the
>process.
>All he could have done better is to have spurred him on better to make
>the move in which case he would have fallen higher and hopefully avoided
>the rope, or warning him about his foot around the rope, if in fact he
>saw it at all, as he probably figured the climber had all that under control
>. . .
>
>Had the guy provide a belay like in the other video, he would have fallen
>less then half the distance, flipping over twice as fast imho . . .
>
>PS In actual fact I simply scrubbed through the video a few times noting
>the sequence, (Im pretty good at that sort of stuff), and remembering the
>associated times; then wrote it out in one go and played the vid back to
>check for accuracy. By the way, I was junior MENSA, Opportunity Class,
>Selective High student. Like I said, its not brain science . . .
>
>And whilst I am not shy about my cannabis use, as others also are about
>the sexual orientation, race, (dis)ability, politics etc, I have also lobbied
>extensively to remove the prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination that
>exist with regards to Cannabis use. But you come to expect that sort of
>stuff from Level 1 Rope Techs ;~} . .
>
You expect anti-cannabis statements from Level 1 Rope techs? ...
You mustn't know many Level 1 Rope techs then. |