WHIPPAH caught hands free !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A1c6gZz9Wk

;)

job security....good times

I love that green snack bag at 3:56. The only missing thing is a whiskey bottle.

That idiot grabbed the lead side of the rope rather than the brake side. This prevented the gro gro from locking.

djh860 wrote:That idiot grabbed the lead side of the rope rather than the brake side. This prevented the gro gro from locking.

Is that some weird combination Gri gri and Go Pro?

djh860 wrote:That idiot grabbed the lead side of the rope rather than the brake side. This prevented the gro gro from locking.

;)

"what the fuck man.... what the fuck was that..."

you can see the shame on his face.

this just in, the belayer needs a new partner because that kid is never climbing with him again. who's in?!

Ben Beckerich wrote:IF he didn't believe in God before, I hope he does now. 'Cause his belayer sure as shit didn't arrest that fall.

Physics arrested the fall - not magic.

That was not even a lead fall, it was a top rope fall. The draw above hime was clipped. Just imagine if he'd taken an actual lead fall. There would have been no hope.

There's no such thing as a beginner's belay device.

Ben Beckerich wrote:IF he didn't believe in God before, I hope he does now. 'Cause his belayer sure as shit didn't arrest that fall.

Neither did an entity that most likely (I'm being very charitable here) does not exist.

Khoi wrote: Neither did an entity that most likely (I'm being very charitable here) does not exist.

but but but but why are there still monkeys?!

:/

Yeah, guy got lucky, not sure what caught him. Belayer got lucky he didn't experience physical intervention, unless the camera was turned off at the right time.

TSluiter wrote:but but but but why are there still monkeys?!

Monkeys are sending.

I hope this kid see's this video floating around the internet and realizes how big of a dip**** he is!!!!

• High five for catching the fall and then a punch in the face for being an ***hole

Don't drop your partner. Pretty simple.

Greg Petliski wrote: (I've only TR'ed once I think, been almost all trad otherwise).

so following trad isn't TR?

I oppologise. All the snark is why I hardly post here anymore but this is pretty simple. When you belay you have your partners life in your hands. You must keep control of the break side NO MATTER WHAT. It seems this guy may have let go to fend off the rock wall as he was lifted a bit and used the wrong hand.

Conversely other people have held belays despight suffering mortal wounds and passing. Inspiring.

Now that was a dynamic belay!

Rick Blair wrote:Now that was a dynamic belay!

Kind of taking "soft catch" to an extreme.

The Terbush story explains proper belay technique, in relevant part:

"Pete’s hands were fixed and in position, his left hand on the rope above and his right pulled down hard against his right hip loading the rope before the belay device fixed to the harness at his waist. Kerry yelled at Joe to go get help for Pete, but Joe could tell Pete had been killed instantly. In order to get Kerry down, Joe had to pry the rope from Peter’s hands, which remained fixed."

(although the usage of "Before" is potentially misleading.) Oh, and the belayer standing closer to the rock wall or anchoring in would have helped prevent accident shown in the video posted by OP, too, assuming the belayer knew which side was the brake hand vs. which was the lead hand.

Greg Petliski wrote:So whats the teachable moment for us new people? Always always hand on brake right?

Belaying is not to be considered as rest in between climbs. Belaying is a hard work. The key word is attention - it is hard to keep be focused on climbing when not climbing. Belayer is to be ready to arrest a fall any single moment starting from "Belay is on" up to "Belay is off".