Timeline for Belaying with a figure 8 plate and weird mode
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| Jul 9, 2022 at 17:27 | history | edited | Dennis Fr | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 8, 2022 at 21:34 | comment | added | Dave X | It looks like you are trying to use the small hole as a "sticht plate" (verticalmuseum.com/VerticalDevicesPage/Belay/StichtPlates.php), with the rope bending sharply around the carabiner and eight. Folks like tubes over sticht plates because tubes give smoother, surer control. 8s are good for the larger diameter ropes, like those used in rescue, or for rappelling where you might need more mass to control heat. | |
| Jul 8, 2022 at 17:10 | answer | added | mystic knight | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jul 8, 2022 at 16:11 | comment | added | noah | It also looks like it will kink your rope making it tangle and not feed smoothly. | |
| Jul 8, 2022 at 16:09 | comment | added | noah | One other con you forgot to mention of your method is nobody will climb with you. But seriously, the standard ways to belay are used for a large number of reasons. For example, something simple like the correct hand positioning during use of a grigri takes into account what petzl finds is the natural reaction to falls in order to increase the chances of the rope catching. Manufacturers and climbing/canyoneering/etc bodies have all thought through numerous ways to properly and safely belay. | |
| Jul 8, 2022 at 14:14 | comment | added | Eric | I suppose it doesn't help that the manufactor webpage's link to the usage manual is password-protected; but a copy is hosted here. | |
| Jul 8, 2022 at 12:39 | comment | added | Chris H | My climbing days (such as they were) are long behind me, but your proposals seem to have a fair bit of rope-on-rope friction, while the proper method is rope-on-metal. I'd expect the rope to wear faster your way | |
| Jul 8, 2022 at 12:22 | history | edited | Willeke♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
I added warnings.
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| Jul 8, 2022 at 8:22 | comment | added | D Duck | The "user interface" of this device somehow wrong because someone is asking this question. | |
| Jul 8, 2022 at 7:43 | comment | added | Max | Don't invent your own belaying methods. First of all: why? Secondly: do you even know what "tested and worked properly" would entail? | |
| Jul 8, 2022 at 6:58 | answer | added | Manziel | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jul 8, 2022 at 2:23 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jul 7, 2022 at 21:25 | answer | added | bob1 | timeline score: 15 | |
| S Jul 7, 2022 at 18:14 | review | First questions | |||
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| S Jul 7, 2022 at 18:14 | history | asked | Dennis Fr | CC BY-SA 4.0 |