Re:The Guy Who Invented the Belay Test–and the Modern Americ...
by forgetfreeman on Monday March 24, 2025 @11:56AM
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I mean I hear what you're saying but at the same time avoidable bullshit like scrambling off rope 50'+ off the deck, rapping off of some random stripper's thong that got caught in a shrub, or letting your intrusive thoughts win while belaying are all dirt common in the community. Its one thing to get caught out while engaging in dangerous hobbies, it's something else entirely to die doing something that's obviously stupid. I absolutely cannot even when someone goes for a 10th of a mile slide off of one of the flatirons in Tevas and the locals have the gall to call it a tragedy.
Maybe still SAR, of course.
I always carried a belay knife and some extra webbing, and used it more than once. A couple times I didn’t need the knife.