I did my first multi pitch last week (stunning views over Koh Tao but I digress), pretty much learned everything from your videos over the last 2-3 years. They are priceless cannot thank you enough!

Dude these are some of the most instructive vids on KZfaq. Totally underrated channel. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us.

Woah!! This is RAD! We appreciate your efforts to educate the greater climbing community!

Fantastic video as always JB, especially someone the background to usage rather than just a video of how to build them.

This is an amazing video! I am a single pitch sport climber looking to expand my experiences outside and I have found this very helpful. I will start all my multi-pitch and trad climbs with a guide, so I am not depending on this video for definitive direction on belay rigging advice, but this give me a foundation of understanding that will help me more quickly assimilate what my guide instructs me on. I really appreciate your video, thank you!

Great video. Much appreciate the advice and honesty throughout. 👍

With the setup at 6:18, you've got yourself attached at the shelf but if you wanted to belay in guide mode and not off yourself where would it be best to do that from? Attach to the shelf or attach another biner into the one that's already there?

Helpful as always. Could you make a video about "how to use stakes for abseil and belay on cliffs?" Like in Swanage area? I don't think I came across a decent video about that.

Thanks!

Great videos! Would you not back up the wire gate krab with another wire gate (b-2-b) or just slip a screw gate into the cam sling on a typical belay? Or are you not concerned given it would all be loaded with redundancy anyway?

Good work as usual… (the phrase “combining tactics” would be frowned upon in past years, though). 😂

Very useful again

Is it fine to just put a carabiner in the overhand knot or figure of eight when building a fixed masterpoint anchor in order to make it easier to untie. I have found it difficult to untie after the knots have been weighted, so putting a carabiner inside the knot, which can then be removed leaving slack in the knot, makes it a lot easier.

Your vids are class ! Thank you :) Can I ask, if you have enough rope on a single pitch what are major benefits of using slings vs. the climbing rope to belay. I suppose it's space in general with the rope diameter going into a DMS and depending on the amount of anchor points you have, but let's say you have 3 anchors all not too far away, one static sling vs. clipping into the rope with clove hitches etc., is there a safety element or just preference for this?

What you think of a bowline on a bight instead of a bunny ears knot? Again there would be 4 strands in the master point although all should be clipped since I think some make a fake nipping loop

Could I ask why the quad anchor isn't as common in the UK? Just curious, like you said there are different tools for different situations

Please forgive what may be a daft question, as I'm only just learning this sort of stuff! For the quad, or any of the other self-equalising setups, could you mitigate slightly the risk of taking a static fall by clove hitching onto the carabiner? Thanks.

Hmm. I am not sure if i get your point. Why would you NOT use slidnig X (with limiter) on TRAD ?

Hey JB I've got a question I haven't seen answered anywhere. If you have a short sling and you need self equalizing with separation. How about a single strand quad? Like you'd do a sliding x with stopper knots, just without the sliding x part, clipping one of the in between knots strands instead. You'd lose the redundancy of the double strands, but it's not like most people clip into the double strands on figure 8 masterpoint anchors either, right? Most people clip into one of the strands and then use the other for belaying (EDIT: just learned this is actually not the case). Is there a reason why the quad always has double strands? Is that two rather than four strands quad an anchor you'd recommend against?

Maybe I'm greedy, but I often try and get three bits of gear if I can. The only setup here that (I think) can be used in a three-point anchor are the masterpoint (overhand/FO8) ones right?

Do you do private tuition, do you have a website?