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Lead fall Hard Rock CBD 23-Jul-2008 At 3:03:29 PM OzA

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On 23/07/2008 evanbb wrote:
>But, with a heavy leader (me) and a light belayer (Bec) you can easily
>end up with more accidents like the one at the beginning of this thread.
>I've injured a couple of belayers while falling; and one that was anchored
>would have been MUCH worse without it. He was bleeding a lot.

I have a belayer that is half my weight, she has taken falls without any problems. When she was training she was using a PAS and as she became more confident and her technique improved an anchor was no longer required.

On 23/07/2008 kezza wrote:
>I tend to tie to a ground anchor if I'm lead belaying indoors on certain
>walls. not tied so i have zero room to move, but enough to prevent me getting
>sucked up to the first draw, gives the leader a dynamic belay and saves
>me face planting into the wall... win win.

You should be in a catching position when your lead is going to the first clip, how do you do that when tied down to the ground and away from the wall so you don't face plant? Your shoulder against the wall when your leader is going for the first few clips. If your doing this you can't face plant as you are already against the wall.