Which belay devices are best? When partaking in a sport like climbing that’s equally exhilarating and dangerous, safety precautions take priority. Armed with a good braking hand, harness and rope, the ...

CLICK UP is a belay device with manual braking, especially designed for crag climbing. It can be used with Ø 8.6 ÷ 10.5 mm single ropes. It is compact and lightweight and allows for belaying a leader ...

Multiuse belay / abseil device with innovative and compact design (registered design), suitable for use for in mountaineering, multi-pitch sport climbing and trad climbing with half, twin and single ...

I swung my brake hand hard against my hip and flew 20 feet up to an ice screw. The fall by Peter Athans, 185 pounds of muscle, through space off the famous Fang ice climb in Vail, Colorado, ripped the ...

LESSON: I can actually kind of see the logic behind these guys. The ascender will glide smoothly up the rope when the belayer takes in slack. If the climber falls, the ascender will lock up. (I’m ...

Belay, anchor, dyno, quickdraw, send — what do these all mean in the climbing world? Learn about these climbing terms and more in this article. Understanding the language of rock climbing is not just ...