I'm thinking the same thing. Dude's getting worked in some serious conditions, and struggling to place his tool, all the while still instructing, meaning some poor asshole is holding a camera and hoping it doesn't freeze.

grivel tech machine?k x

yeah true but although placing your tools one higher than the other would be way more efficient it puts alot force on the higher tool. with his tools closer together there's more load sharing between his pick. i'd still want some separation and offset though!k x

iComment87 Ben Nevis , Tower Ridge I think .

Zachary Moon in climbing/mountaineering command calls, any belay command is prefaced with, or followed with “OFF” or “ON”, so “OFF BELAY” would signal the climber is tied in with a protection anchor, instead of just shouting belay. This would be replied to with “BELAY OFF” from the belayer. It eliminates the ambiguity issue you were getting at.

Alex I realize that but still seems like there are better ways to call it than saying below that have a much lower potential for confusion.

I agree with you. And for me (as a German) ON and OFF sound kind of similar when screamed.

The only word expected in the UK is "SAFE" and "CLIMB" usually prefixed by the persons name to make sure other people don't get mixed up

In North America we yell "ICE" and even then only for the big stuff. Notably if you were to drop a screw, biner, .... you would still yell "ICE" as it's the same response for the belayer, get out of the way (assuming you didn't set up your belay properly) .

Constructive criticism like yours is always good. So don't feel bad for it. It's important information.

He said he’d have preferred to have put it in by his hip because it’s easier... wtf.. did you watch the video?

@@andybaker8775 haha that's funny yes but because of where I was watching it the volume was really low so I missed that part. My bad

In plastic ice where he's just broken a load off already I think would be OK... very different in brittle ice on a covex bulge I would imagine

Twin ropes / half ropes, meant to be threaded one by one. Used often in trad / iceclimbing to dampen falls and to keep from making a pendulum as well as reducing ropedrag... all sorts of reasons.

That's how you use half ropes, you only clip one per piece. Won't go into the details why (there's quite a lot to it) but suffice to say it is the most common rope system for multi-pitch ice/mixed climbing

Twin ropes are better suited for ice climbing and mountaineering because both ropes have to be clipped to the same piece of protection. this avoids a situation where a rope can be cut, you can still rely on the other. Twin ropes are so that you don't need to carry two full-weight single ropes and can make longer double-rope rappels. On wandering routes, especially in the UK and lots of trad lines, half ropes are more beneficial if pieces of protection are farther apart horizontally (to avoid rope drag). Half ropes are individually rated to take a fall, whereas twins need to be belayed together and taken the same force. Hope that makes sense.

​@@foimassa did you think about the fact, that while both twin ropes could be cut with one object (e.g. falling rock or sharp edge) only one of the half ropes would get cut?

@@jeroenvanzeeland7812 i think your post isn't correct, because twin ropes aren't qualified to clip only one rope to each safety device. I think you always have to clip both twin ropes into one device.