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I'm about 150ish lbs and my partner is 100ish lbs. I've read somewhere that a 2/3 weight ratio between belayer and climber is ok for lead climb, but I don't remember exactly where.

Can someone confirm this? Looking around the net, I'm getting conflicting and not very authoritative answers.

I was thinking of getting a weight vest of around 10 or so lbs to increase the weight ratio, but I'm also thinking that this may be problematic as the belayer's center of gravity is then raised. Could that be an issue?

I was also considering ankle weights of 5 lbs a piece (total 10 lbs). Could this cause an increase chance of knee injury?

I'm about 150ish lbs and my partner is 100ish lbs. I've read somewhere that a 2/3 weight ratio between belayer and climber is ok for lead climb, but I don't remember exactly where.

Can someone confirm this? Looking around the net, I'm getting conflicting and not very authoritative answers.

I was thinking of getting a weight vest of around 10 or so lbs to increase the weight ratio, but I'm also thinking that this may be problematic as the belayer's center of gravity is then raised. Could that be an issue?

I was also considering ankle weights of 5 lbs a piece (total 10 lbs). Could this cause an increase chance of knee injury?

Any other ideas that I may not be thinking of?

I'm about 150ish lbs and my partner is 100ish lbs. I've read somewhere that a 2/3 weight ratio between belayer and climber is ok for lead climb, but I don't remember exactly where.

Can someone confirm this? Looking around the net, I'm getting conflicting and not very authoritative answers.

I was thinking of getting a weight vest of around 10 or so lbs to increase the weight ratio, but I'm also thinking that this may be problematic as the belayer's center of gravity then is raised. Could that be an issue?

I was also considering ankle weights of 5 lbs a piece (total 10 lbs). Could this cause an increase chance of knee injury?

I'm about 150ish lbs and my partner is 100ish lbs. I've read somewhere that a 2/3 weight ratio between belayer and climber is ok for lead climb, but I don't remember exactly where.

Can someone confirm this? Looking around the net, I'm getting conflicting and not very authoritative answers.

I was thinking of getting a weight vest of around 10 or so lbs to increase the weight ratio, but I'm also thinking that this may be problematic as the belayer's center of gravity is then raised. Could that be an issue?

I was also considering ankle weights of 5 lbs a piece (total 10 lbs). Could this cause an increase chance of knee injury?