order to allow the belay team to support climbers all the way to the top. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Belaying. Look up belaying in Wiktionary,...

A belaying pin is a solid metal or wooden device used on traditionally rigged sailing vessels to secure lines of running rigging. Largely replaced on most...

descender. A figure eight belay devices are used for belaying. There are some which are designed specifically for belaying, however they are not generally...

An auto belay (or autobelay) is a mechanical device used for belaying in indoor climbing walls, in both training and competition climbing formats. The...

knee bar. belay To protect a roped lead climber from falling by controlling the rope; usually involves a belay device. belayer The person belaying the lead...

inside of the device. Petzl recommends the device for lead belaying and top-rope belaying, according to EN 15151 standard. When used correctly, the Grigri's...

Belay Zeleke (Amharic: በላይ ዘለቀ, horse name Abba Koster; 1912 – 12 January 1945) was an Ethiopian military commander who led the Arbegnoch resistance movement...

Belay glasses are eyeglasses with prismatic lenses that are used by belayers in rock climbing to avoid the neck strain associated with belaying. Belaying...

degrees), and are used when there is extensive belaying such as on long routes, or by climbing instructors. Belay gloves are used to protect the hands and are...

pitch of the climbing route, while their second (or belayer) remains at the base of the route belaying the rope to protect the lead climber in the event...

Abraham Belay (Amharic: አብራሃም በላይ) is an Ethiopian politician serving as the Minister of Water, Irrigation and Electricity since 2024. Belay served as...

Rope-solo climbing or rope-soloing (or self-belaying) is a form of solo climbing (i.e. performed alone without a climbing partner), but unlike with free...

the belayer's harness, and back through the same hole in the Reverso. This creates the friction required to properly belay a climber. When belaying a seconder...

Albert T. Belay (born May 24, 1925) is a Gottschee German cultural activist in New York City. Belay was born in Livold (German: Lienfeld), Slovenia. He...

routes can have permanent bolted belay anchors. Hanging belays and belaying from above. Some multi-pitch climbs will have belay points that have no ledge to...

1966. Schoening is perhaps best remembered for his heroics during "The Belay" while part of the American K2 expedition in 1953, where he single-handedly...

which the rope attached to the person descending is paid out by their belayer. The technique is used by climbers, mountaineers, cavers, canyoners, search...

Martin Belay (born March 15, 1991) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He played with BK Mladá Boleslav in the Czech Extraliga during the 2010–11...

(usually via a figure-eight knot). The second, who is belaying, will use a standard mechanical belay device that is clipped into the rope (i.e. same as that...

part of the system and belaying is done directly from the anchors using either an Italian / Munter Hitch or adapted use of a belay device), up the route...

shafts, are strong enough to be used for steep or vertical ice climbing and belaying on such ground. Specialized scaled-down ice axes used for vertical ice...

climbing, which by definition avoids using any form of belaying (and therefore any need for any belay stations), can link all the pitches on a route together...

2018. Belaying is performed via a top anchor. While there are methods to quickly take in the rope manually with two belayers, automatic belay systems...

Examples simul-climbing Simul-climbing (or using a running-belay) is a climbing technique where a pair of climbers who are attached by a rope simultaneously...

Nicolas Maurice-Belay (born 19 April 1985) is French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard...

climbers, cavers, and rescuers to control friction in a life-lining or belay system. To climbers, this hitch is also known as HMS, the abbreviation for...

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The figure 8 belay device is a piece of metal (usually an aluminum alloy) in the shape of an 8 with one large end and one small end. This device utilizes...

than offset-D's, and typically larger. Used for belaying with a munter hitch, and with some types of belay device. The largest HMS carabiners can also be...

a marlinspike hitch, and as a toggle joining ropes under tension in a belaying pin splice. Marlinspikes are usually about 6–12 inches (15–30 cm) long...