Universal Belay

Despite being a GRIGRI gym, our whole deal is that proper belaying doesn’t care what device you use. Proper control over the break line. Close attention and communication. Confident reaction to a fall. This stuff works on everything.

A good video to help you understand and evaluate older belay methods and methods used by alpine types.

This is a pretty comprehensive list of the things someone out on the floor should be looking for. If we miss enough of these small mistakes, someone dying is a real possibility.

All good stuff. At Crag X we pay more attention to making sure people don’t spend time in the momentary position.