Climbing Tip Of The Week: Top down belaying (multi-pitch climbing)
As the summer climbing season quickly approaches we want to start posting weekly climbing tip videos to help you make this the best season ever!!! Keep your eyes peeled as we have topics from intro to advanced. If there is a skill you want to see give us an email!
This week Paul McSorley shows us how to belay top down as if you are on a multi-pitch climb or just simply in the situation where belaying from the to of the pitch is the only option. He is using a “guide style” autoblocking device such as the Petzl reverso or BD atc guide.
How to belay on a Multi pitch climb – Top Down Belay from Ross Berg on Vimeo.
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