Belaying
Belaying
Would you let someone belay you if you saw them drinking a beer or smoking weed at the crag? Just wondering. I see it every once in awhile.
Last edited by SCIN on Fri Apr 23, 2010 6:05 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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sober strangers for sure. You should rephrase the post though because drinking and smoking are completely different scenarios, so different that I can not answer. Drunk belay, hell know. If someone is a competent belayer then being stoned won't change that.
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It would be really hard to find hard proof either way. I have read studies that claim it has little to no effect on short response motor skills like stepping on the brakes, lowering the brake hand, etc. thats why snow boarding and hackysack are achievable while high. Alcohol does effect these motor skills very much and would result in a painful snowboarding experience. Basically, from my experience, activities that require quick physical responses, especially the drilled in instinctual responses of a skilled belayer, would not likely have trouble while high.SCIN wrote:I don't smoke weed so I wasn't aware that being high would not make you less attentive. Are you saying it doesn't?
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i think it's absurd to assume that smoking thc has no impact on judgments or reflex time. the answer on both accounts for me is absolutely not; if you can't refrain from smoking weed to belay a buddy, your priorities are in the wrong place, and you should consider taking a rest day to blaze up.
Courtesy of Andrew: "I don't think you will damage your escort unless she trips because she is so strung out on blow. Most people just take them to the rest area."