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QUT and affiliates sued for $8m Kangaroo Point 26-May-2017 At 10:32:10 AM Dave_S

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On 26/05/2017 lukef wrote:
>Have been using "secure" instead of "safe" now with my climbing partners,
>because "safe" often sounds an aweful lot like "take", both things that
>could be expected to be yelled upon reaching the anchors at the top of
>a climb, but which have obviously different meanings and implications.

That only helps if you also stop saying "take", or if your belayer absolutely knows that you will never say "safe", and if they think they hear "safe" will assume that they have misheard and instead take in. I'd suggest it is more important that the belayer always asks for confirmation before taking a climber off belay.

E.g.

"I'm safe!"
"Ok, [climber's name], taking you off belay?"
"Yes, [belayer's name], take me off belay."
"Ok!"
*Belayer only now takes the climber off belay*
"Ok, [climber's name], you are off belay!"