Hi my name is Jason Montecalvo with Sport Rock Climbing Centers and today we’re learning how to climb safely in an Indoor Rock Climbing facility; remember , climbing is inherently a dangerous activity and requires you to seek professional help from certified instructors prior to engaging in this.
Now I like to talk to you about how to create a correct Belay Stance and how to ground anchor yourself as a Belayer, if you’re belaying somebody equivalent to your weight or heavier than you are. See you don’t get pulled up into the air if they are to fall.
What I’ll need for this is a separate locking Carabiner, I’ll take this Locking Carabiner and I’ll take this directly to my belay loop, this Carabiner would be placed below my belay device Carabiner, and at this point I can go ahead and reach for a ground anchor. I want to make sure I choose a hole on my ground anchor that’s appropriate for my height, meaning that I would like this to be tote or tight with the middle slack in the ground anchor. I will also need to screw my Carabiner down, make sure that it’s locked, in order to do this, again, I will squeeze my Carabiner; at this point I want to make sure I’m in the correct stance, if I’m a left-handed belayer, I will have my right foot forward, my left foot back right next to the ground anchor, and do not want to straddle the ground anchor nor do I want to stand behind it putting slack into the anchor system. I want it to stay tight and essentially I’m trying to create a direct line from the ground all the way up my, rope all the way to my anchor at the top. If I have done this correctly, I have two checks for the anchor which are, again, making sure that it is tight and making sure that my Carabiner is locked. I am now ready to belay; next I would like to talk about doing our 10 safety checks.
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