💯 Disagree. This is by far the scariest comment I have ever received. Here's your trophy lol. 🏆 It's called a "buddy check" for a reason. Not the belayer checks themselves. The belayer checking the knot and the climber checking the belay device is industry standard to reduce the chance of human error. Telling people not to do a proper buddy check is very irresponsible regardless of your experience as a climber. This could cause ☠️☠️☠️⚰️⚱️💀.

@@LouDude502 I know what a “buddy check” is my guy lol. Actually read what I said. I never said to not do one. I’m saying you getting your hands down in people’s shit and tugging on the grigri like a tool is frankly rude and annoying. Do you even let them know before you start reaching towards their crotch? How about check each person one at a time deliberately and not just a random process. Have them show you the belay is on. They don’t need you tugging on them like a dingus. Nice attempt at playing gumby guide though. You do it well.

@@bubbyb0i6967 buddy checks requires physical and visual inspection. There are things that I look for that not all people do. It's my life, I wanna be sure so someone doesn't have to carry me out in buckets. For instance, it is possible to clip the gri gri without clipping the cover plate. This is very easy to miss on a purely visual inspection. The device will still auto lock upon testing. This can only be checked by locking the gri gri and moving to the side to confirm it is correctly clipped. I have tested many climbers on this and pointed out their visual buddy check sucks and they could have died.