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Topic	Date	User
Blue Mountains - male climber injured after fall	11-Nov-2013 At 11:27:18 PM	JMK
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Gri Gris lock up generating a higher force on the gear. With practice if the belayer gives a soft catch belay by hopping up lightly at the right moment the impact force can be greatly reduced. Now falls can happen any time but an attentive belayer will watch particularly when pre warned about marginal gear. In saying that I still don't belay trad with a gri gri because that is another thing to get right and with high consequences for failure - not something u want to get wrong. I use gri Gris for sport and working routes and occasional aid as the risk of letting the rope go by accident on a 5 hr belay is quite high.

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