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Ground fall at St Peters monday night 23-Aug-2014 At 12:35:40 PM martym

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On 23/08/2014 sbm wrote:
>At first I was all "Grrr if we'd been using my grigri this wouldn't have happened" but now I'm not so sure. You can screw up any belay device. Grigris are great if you read the instruction manual but maybe more dangerous if you don't (and nobody does, this is a problem with western civilization)

I do, and I fuching hope my belayer has, as well as watched videos on manifacturer's website, practiced using it in a controlled environment and discussed all their gear with more experienced climbers. Usually gear comes with a single A4 info sheet in multiple
Languages - it's not much - and we're not talking about a DVD player here. Climbing gear is designed to keep you alive!

Imagine takin the same attitude with scuba diving or hanggliding