Gym fail.

So, why is the belayer and the guy who comes over, standing off to the side, out of her trajectory? Am I hearing someone tell her to let go? It's Seattle. Is it really that empty? And, oh look! A camera placed jussstt right. Employees messing around with the new girl before/after hours? Naahhh. Can't be.

The guy belaying: why is his rope free of all quickdraws? I'm not an idiot.

Look at the video again. What everyone is describing is.... Not what I'm seeing in the vid. So someone leads up. Climber ties into the wrong end. Then the belayer should have a bunch of draws on his rope.

I don't see that. The whole scenarios is weird. Maybe it's the angle of the vid or something, but it all looks out of whack.

teece303 wrote:The guy belaying: why is his rope free of all quickdraws? I'm not an idiot. Look at the video again. What everyone is describing is.... Not what I'm seeing in the vid. So someone leads up. Climber ties into the wrong end. Then the belayer should have a bunch of draws on his rope. I don't see that. The whole scenarios is weird. Maybe it's the angle of the vid or something, but it all looks out of whack.

Here's the story I envision:

Boy leads route. Boy lowers off. Girl tries to TR from the opposite end of the rope (i.e. follow the route). Judging by Girl's climbing ability, Girl struggles with unclipping the draws from rope. Girl falls. Rope stretch causes her to fall nearly back to the ground. Girl wants to try again. Girl (or someone) suggests she should climb from the other end of the rope so Girl won't have to struggle with unclipping the rope as she climbs. Everyone believes this is a great solution to the problem. Why doesn't everyone do it this way?!...

Oh. Wait. That's why.