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In climbing and mountaineering, the term belaying refers to techniques used to create friction within a climbing protection system, particularly on a climbing rope, so that a falling climber does not fall very far.[1] A climbing partner typically applies tension at the other end of the rope whenever the climber is not moving, and removes the tension from the rope whenever the climber needs more rope to continue climbing. The belay is the place where the belayer is anchored, which is typically on the ground, or on ledge (where it is also called a belay station) but may also be a hanging belay where the belayer themself is suspended from an anchor in the rock on a multi-pitch climb.
order to allow the belay team to support climbers all the way to the top. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Belaying. Look up belaying in Wiktionary,...
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inside of the device. Petzl recommends the device for lead belaying and top-rope belaying, according to EN 15151 standard. When used correctly, the Grigri's...
knee bar. belay To protect a roped lead climber from falling by controlling the rope; usually involves a belay device. belayer The person belaying the lead...
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(usually via a figure-eight knot). The second, who is belaying, will use a standard mechanical belay device that is clipped into the rope (i.e. same as that...
Rope-solo climbing or rope-soloing (or self-belaying) is a form of solo climbing (i.e. performed alone without a climbing partner), but unlike with free...
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in which the rope attached to the person descending is paid out by his belayer. The technique is used by climbers, mountaineers, cavers, canyoners, search...
pitch of the climbing route, while their second (or belayer) remains at the base of the route belaying the rope to protect the lead climber in the event...
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1966. Schoening is perhaps best remembered for his heroics during "The Belay" while part of the American K2 expedition in 1953, where he single-handedly...
Simul climbing, also known as climbing with a running belay, is a climbing method or style where all the climbers climb at the same time while tied into...
part of the system and belaying is done directly from the anchors using either an Italian / Munter Hitch or adapted use of a belay device), up the route...
shafts, are strong enough to be used for steep or vertical ice climbing and belaying on such ground. Specialized scaled-down ice axes used for vertical ice...
a marlinspike hitch, and as a toggle joining ropes under tension in a belaying pin splice. Marlinspikes are usually about 6–12 inches (15–30 cm) long...
climbers, cavers, and rescuers to control friction in a life-lining or belay system. To climbers, this hitch is also known as HMS, the abbreviation for...
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2018. Belaying is performed via a top anchor. While there are methods to quickly take in the rope manually with two belayers, automatic belay systems...
than offset-D's, and typically larger. Used for belaying with a munter hitch, and with some types of belay device. The largest HMS carabiners can also be...
climbing; however, their shared ignorance of safe climbing techniques such as belaying almost led to disaster on more than one occasion. While in Yosemite, Adams...
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