Climbing Course
The harness🔗
Putting a harness on:🔗
- there shouldn't be any twists and turns
- equipment hooks should point downwards
- metallic hooks should point to the outside
- should not slide up/down the hip bone
Using figure-8 knots to tie-in🔗
Figure-8 knot tie-in:🔗
- loop should be as big or smaller than the belay hoop
- should pass through both upper and lower harness hoops
- slack should be less than 10cm
- measure rope length from left shoulder to right arm length
- make a snowman, give him a scarf, poke him in the eye
- with inner loop pointing to the right, follow the knot after passing the slack through the upper and lower harness hoops: OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE, INSIDE
Belaying🔗
The device:🔗
- climber end should point upwards
- hand end should point downwards
- make a rope bite, pass it through the belay device, then pass carbine through the rope bite, the belay device cable and into the belay loop
- there should be a knot near the end of the rope
The technique:🔗
- always use full hand grips (4 fingers + thumb around)
- thumbs always point towards the belay
- right hand grips below the belay
- left hand pinches rope above the belay, detects slack and gently pulls it down
- move right hand below the device as fast as possible
- grip with (full) left hand above the right hand
- bring right hand to about 10cm below the belay
- move left hand back to pinch position
Body checks🔗
Climber body check:🔗
- compare the knot loop length to the belay loop length
- check that the figure 8 is correctly tied (5 times 2 on up/down sides. 4 parallel lines on left/right sides)
- check that the slack is not longer than 10cm
Belayer check:🔗
- check that the belay device is correctly positioned and configured
- tap the carbine to make sure it's correctly closed
Both climber + belayer body check:🔗
- check the harness -> equipment + metallic hooks positioning
- check the harness -> should not slide up/down the hip bone
Rope checks:🔗
- check that the rope is the same
- check that there are no twists and turns
- check that there's an extra knot near the end of the rope
Signaling🔗
Before each climb:🔗
- belayer shouts "on belay!"
- climber shouts "climbing!"
Last update: 2023-01-02