As only one size of belaying pin was kept on board, its diameter was that of the thickest rope to be belayed. |
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I was belaying Ann, the new climbing hall is way cooler than the original one I went to. |
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In FIG.2, the line is shown as loosely wound around the belaying pins for purposes of illustration. |
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This means that if a line needed to be released in a hurry, the belaying pin can be lifted out and removed, releasing the line. |
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In deciding what size belaying pins to use on your model there are some general rules to follow. |
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He eventually got it and scrambled to some anchors before belaying Suzanne from the top of the climb. |
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As I was belaying Bryan to the top I asked Jesus to look west at the sky and see if it's going to get worse. |
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In all cases, the line is passed under the arm of the cleat or around the belaying pin. |
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Equally important is not standing around the base of the cliff if you are not belaying. |
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In the olden days, belaying pins were made of hardwood, usually locust, and sometimes bronze, iron, or brass. |
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It is even easier to assume you know all there is to know about something as seemingly simple as belaying a leader. |
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The pinrail has a row of little holes punched through it for the belaying pins to sit in. |
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Personally I like a slipper or velcro closure because I spend most of my gym time bouldering or belaying. |
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When setting squaresails, don't put the buntlines back onto the belaying pins until the topmen have finished overhauling and are back on deck. |
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I could feel my pulse in my neck as Steve began belaying Alan up the first 15-20 feet of the climb. |
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The climber will tie into one end of the rope and the belayer will take up slack from the other end using his belaying device. |
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For a few nights I kept having a nightmare, where I was rockclimbing, and Rowan was belaying me. |
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A simple belaying pin, does not need a hole, and so are even easier to make. |
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Losing no time, Simon tied their two 300 foot ropes together and started belaying the pain stricken Joe down the mountain. |
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There was nothing in the kit or instructions that told you how or where to belay all the lines and no belaying pins provided. |
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Half-way through belaying Tim and Bruce up the last pitch, I start to hear noises that sound like an animal in pain. |
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Some were climbing, some were bouldering, and some were belaying, but all of them were making the best of the situation and had turned their backs to the sea. |
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A strong breeze is blowing in off the sea belaying the strength of the sun. |
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Islanders collect puffin eggs by belaying down the faces of sheer high cliffs and filling baskets. |
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The narrative alternates chapter by chapter between his wife, Ruth, doing the laundry at home in Cambridge, and Mallory belaying on the slopes. |
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It was designed for descending a rope, but it is also used for belaying or back-up belaying. |
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The CRISTAL is designed for sport climbing but is not extreme in profile applications: it is also perfectly suited to all belaying devices. |
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Very comfortable to use even the first ring when more than one person are belaying. |
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The blade is straight and thick, an efficient shape to neatly cut the ropes using a belaying pin. |
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Introduction to climbing lets you discover this sport without having to worry about belaying techniques and knots. |
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We will teach you all the basic techniques like puting on a harness, tying to the rope, proper belaying technique and security rules. |
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A great way to refine the first day's sensations and to learn the techniques of belaying on multi-pitch climbs. |
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You'll quickly discover that clipping, detaching, and belaying with a locking carabiner are all easier if you have webbing that's narrower, say three-quarter inch. |
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This was fine for less than vertical, easy trad and sport climbs, but as the rock got steeper, and the falls more frequent, we found a huge problem with belaying this way. |
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So I climbed back 10m and found somewhere safe for belaying. |
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But it's also safe, because there's someone belaying you the whole time. |
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We down-climbed, belaying one another with our ice axes as anchors. |
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The route was technically well within Meaghan's limit, and with my brother belaying me, the three of us completed the ten pitches in just under three hours. |
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I hold the monocular against his eye so he won't have to stop belaying. |
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My body was stiff and sore from the rest I got while belaying. |
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Learn about techniques, safety and belaying. |
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The size and shape of this carabiner make it popular for many uses: connecting a belay device to a harness, belaying with a Munter hitch and as a multi-purpose carabiner for use at belay stations. |
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This one's shape and size means it's useful for belaying and rappelling with the Munter hitch with single or double ropes, anchoring multiple ropes and slings and keeping the belay station organized. |
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Most belaying systems, except top ropes, are fall-arresters. |
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On another, he risked his own life as he faced down some forty Inuit men, armed only with a belaying pin, to save the life of his Inuit helper Amiko. |
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Topics will include rescue equipment analysis, basic knots and hitches, anchoring procedures, belaying techniques and the use of tripods and retractable lifelines. |
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This kind of evacuation is always complex as it involves belaying the stretcher down the mountainside and team members literally manhandling the stretcher over each boulder, through dense bracken and over streams. |
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Within hours, two cavers, Kay Shriver and Rob Fabiano, were making the 90-minute drive from Centerport, equipped with rope, a cable ladder, and belaying devices. |
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American style, on the other hand, is staging a comeback, belaying itself hand-over-hand out of the crevasse it fell into a decade ago, just as spunky Tommy Hilfiger and the sturdy little American dollar seem to have done. |
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It is the very much the same anchor than art. 211 but it comes with a carabiner, which compared with rings, makes the introduction of ropes when abseiling or belaying from below in top-roping smooth and easier. |
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The holes were also used for belaying mooring lines and sail sheets. |
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These ropes offer a greater margin or security against cutting, since it is unlikely that both ropes will be cut, but they complicate belaying and leading. |
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