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Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:34 am
by p0bray01
LOL Caribe I fixed that problem really quick....Got me a new climbing partner!
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 11:35 am
by Canuck
Mostly gri-gri these days, just so I can pretend to be one of the cool kids
ATC on multi-pitch. Or a munter hitch at some belay stations.
Learned on a Stitch plate. Used a figure-8 one day when a partner forgot her ATC. Used a reverso in the past. Heck, I used a rappel rack once for a TR belay from above.
Basically, whatever's handy, whatever I'm in the mood for and/or whatever my climber wants if he/she is picky.
belayer's choice
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:02 pm
by Pete
i'm with the folks who said they'd prefer the belayer to use what they know... i tend to get sketched out when i haven't been leading in a while and then i freak out of someone pulls out the old figure 8, but if that's their weapon of choice and they're good w/ it, that's ok. for me, it is more about knowing the person and trusting them. i know i've probably seemed kinda like a nut job to folks before who've said they'd give me a catch (i did this to caribie once, i've done it to pawilkes, and countless people whose names i don't know...) because i've said "thanks, but i'm gonna wait for sprag, or lurky, etc." -- that's not usually because i don't trust the person (except for the time it was some guy who was cutting the tags off his gear at the cliff) rather it is because i know that i can be a head case and i know exactly what to expect if lander or lurk or spragwa (etc) is on the other end when i get sketchy and fall... so, if i've ever offended you by saying "no thanks" it isn't you that is sketchy, it is me... mostly.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:07 pm
by pigsteak
man, give me back the political threads.....this is super ghey.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:16 pm
by ahab
pigsteak wrote:man, give me back the political threads.....this is super ghey.
so you're gonna vote gri gri? lame. i'm totally voting for ATC this november.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:40 pm
by the lurkist
I prefer a link of 1/2 " chain.
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:01 pm
by Josephine
the lurkist wrote:I prefer a link of 1/2 " chain.
i dunno - you seemed quite adept at the body belay too!
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:23 pm
by the lurkist
Josephine wrote:the lurkist wrote:I prefer a link of 1/2 " chain.
i dunno - you seemed quite adept at the body belay too!
only for the hard core
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:12 pm
by reospeed
dmm bug gives such a smooth belay
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 12:05 am
by poser
Whoever's climbing with me.