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With the rightbelaydevice, a small, weak climber can easily arrest the fall of a much heavier partner.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is the loop you use yourbelaydeviceon.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Depending on the nature of a particular trail a kloofer (noun) might require specialised technical equipment such as a rope,belaydevice, wetsuit, rock climbing anchors, etc.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some belay devices may also be used as descenders.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many belay devices can be used to control either one rope, or two ropes in parallel.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some belay devices can also be used as descenders for a controlled descent on a rope, that is abseiling or rappeling.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Most climbing gyms lend harnesses, ropes and belay devices.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Belay devices usually attach to the harness of the belayer via a carabiner, and are usually made of aluminium or an alloy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Use of such belay devices should never be instructed as self- or auto-locking, but as assisted braking.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Active belay devices have a built-in mechanism that locks off the rope without the help of any other pieces of equipment.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Belay devices generally have two modes of operation: in the first mode, the rope is relatively free to be paid in/out by the belayer.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Note that some belay devices are better suited for different rope diameters.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Belay devices act as a friction brake, so that when a climber falls with any slack in the rope, the fall is brought to a stop.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It's important to note that in the event of a fall, automatic belay devices place more force on the anchors so are better suited for sports/indoor climbing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Climbing products include locking and non-locking carabiners, quickdraws, harnesses, active and passive climbing protection, belay devices, helmets, ice tools and piolets, crampons, ice protection, bouldering pads and big wall equipment.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Multiple kinds of belay devices exist, some of which may additionally be used as descenders for controlled descent on a rope, as in abseiling or rappelling.
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