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Stop saying 15-Jan-2015 At 1:09:27 PM ambyeok

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On 15/01/2015 peteclimbs wrote:
>Re: the tug system
>
>I love it when you're climbing somewhere tall and windy and comms are
>tricky and your climber gives, say, two tugs to signal that they're safe,
>so you start taking them off belay. Halfway through the process of removing
>the rope from belay device they give another couple of big ol' tugs to
>make sure you got the message. Hopefully you know how to belay on a munter.

You can remove the rope from the belay device without removing the belay device's 'loop' from your carabiner. This has the added bonus of your not gonna ever drop your belay device on a multipitch. Just bring the biner back enough to let the rope slip over then immediately lock it back up. No problem.