One of the most important safety procedures that one can do before climbing is tying into the rope and anchor system properly. The knot that is most commonly used for tying into a harness is the ...

Climbing above the Top-Rope anchor points is prohibited. Hip belays, munter-hitch belays, and using a Figure 8 device are prohibited. All knots, belay devices and harnesses will be inspected by the ...

The Mule Knot (a.k.a releasable knot) is ideal to lock off the rope on the belay plate. There are many occasions in climbing when, belaying from the harness using a device which does not self-arrest ...

I also tried it as a top-down belay device but decided ... When the NEOX was hanging from an anchor, pulling slack out of the ...

Make sure you know how to safely pay out and take in the rope. Indirect belays: the typical rock climbing belay; anchor yourself to the rock using a selection of gear, then use a belay plate to ...

Try to pull the rope slowly and treat spikes directly below the anchor with suspicion - they are likely to snag the rope. Almost all commonly used belay devices have two holes to allow you to belay or ...

Multi-pitch climbing involves ascending routes that are too long to be completed in a single rope length, requiring climbers to stop and belay at anchor points. “The Nose” in Yosemite National ...

Top Rope Bouldering Climbing Wall Events Belay School Top-rope climbing is climbing that is done utilizing a safety rope that is connected to an anchor point at the top of the climb. One end of the ...