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I may be slapped for asking this 2-Apr-2009 At 3:25:46 PM bluey

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Flippin eck.

I agree hand over hand could be awkward, but there is nothing unsafe or awkward about feeding the rope up rather than letting it slip through your hands - the awkwardness can be avoided by just feeding the rope up with the lower hand, then grip with top hand while lower hand goes further along the rope and grips again to feed up the next bit - this way, a hand is always gripping the rope, rather than just relying on friction against the hand as the rope slides through. As for safety, the top hand should not be within "sucking thumbs/fingers into belay device" distance, but then isn't that obvious for any belaying method?

And yes, creating friction around the body would also do the trick.