In summary: 1: Always hold the break end of the rope 2: Always hold the break end of the rope 3: Always hold the break end of the rope 4: When giving your partner slack, keep your hand on the break end of the rope 5: Always hold the break end of the rope 6: When lowering your partner, hold the break end of the rope 7: Tie a knot at the end of the rope
Better yet, hold both ends of the rope about two feet from the grigri, and beat a Petzl engineer with it while playing 4:08 - 4:12 on repeat and screaming "DO BETTER!"
It is a secondary belay device, granting a temporary +50% endurance buff. Only works on climbers who know the belayer isn't operating the primary belay device at that point.
Real climbers or just real people acting like climbers with bad habits? Of course, whilst bad belayers will exist, you can't tell if anyone in a vid is merely acting or not.
If I ever see a guy pull out a flute while belaying me, I'm anchoring, getting another person on my rope and as soon as I get down that guy gets decked in the face.
Nice bit at the end about tying a knot at the end of the rope and how to belay with a GRIGRI. They never mentioned this in our lead belay class in the gym.
i took a 25 ft fall back in July with my brother belaying me (I trained him with an ATC using BUS), the wall we were at required use of their Gri Gri set up and a Slip Slap Slide belay technique on our 2nd run on the way down his rope snagged under the . arm and i hit full force into 2 inches of plastic mulch ( no crash pads or soft landing surface) thankfully i still walked away but still did some permanent damange. the gym's first response after i decked was to yell at my brother from the desk, and accuse him of opening the brake too far. and then a couple minutes walked from their desk to see if i needed medical assistance. i still have to walk with a cane some days and have trouble laying on my back. Lesson: trust the way you are most comfortable belaying, and do not trust wholly in autolockers
.......or let those belay how they want to and are most comfortable with provided the rope is tended to properly and the belay device in question is not manipulated improperly.
I remember I was doing high elements (An obstacle course about 3 storeys high) when I was about 15 years old, the rain just stopped and the course was wet and hard to balance. The belayer was a middle aged man with another man acting as an anchor. Though when I slipped and fell, the belayer didn't stop me from falling by pulling on the rope and when I was about a meter from the ground, I suddenly stopped and got wedgied really hard, turns out the anchor guy was smart and grabbed the rope in time but unfortunately he had major rope burns
It drives me nuts to see how often this happens at my gym. We once had a dad take his hands off the rope to take a picture of his son hanging off the top. Up until that point, everything was textbook for 3 or so months.
I saw a dad doing the same thing outside with a tube belay device. The kid shouted at him: 'stop taking pictures of me, you should be belaying me!!!' Sometimes children are more sensible than adults.
I remember when I was in a class and we were learning to belay, and the guy who was belaying me did THE MOST CHOPPY LOWERING JOB HAVE EVER SEEN! He dropped me about 7 feet, then stopped for like, 3 minutes, and continued until I was on the ground. Never again!
notice: if you see this man in any gym or outdoor climbing area, do not under any circumstances let him belay anyone. Failure to follow this guideline may result in death or serious injury.
I find it funny people are getting mad at this like it is obviously a joke. People will be more likely to remember something if they learned it in a fun way rather then a boring way
This is the kind of safety video I would remember the info from. Yet very recent safety videos I have watched for real world scenarios, I have forgotten some of I bet because I was bored.
There's a small 5th grader in my climbing class (We do top-rope) but even so, he just JUMPS around and tries to 'swing' with NO HANDS on the belay. Wonder why his best friend never wants to climb with him :/
Someone should fall down wearing heavy steel capped boots & land on that idiots head; but first say to him, "your Mum wants you to remove your helmet".
I still see people at my gym and local crags doing Act 1 and belaying with their brake hand up. They think their technique is faster or something. Sometimes I want to just come up to them when they're not belaying and tell them that what they're doing is unsafe.
+ecopsher To be fair to them, I was at first taught that method of belaying. But soon learned the actually safe method. They might've just been taught wrong. So maybe you should tell them what they're doing is unsafe. If someone hadn't told me I would've kept belaying that way.
+N3rdHD I think many of these people were used to belay with Munter Hitch, where holding the brake hand up is the proper way (it creates more friction actually).
bahaha that was jokes. The part about the gre gri is true though. I was dropped indoors once and stopped inches from the ground only because my belayer burned his palms and let go of everything.
I think I've only had one bad mistake, and it wasn't that bad. I guessed the weight of the person I was belaying incorrectly and well I was belaying him on a speed wall in race, he was about 45 feet up and fell. I already had the brake line held down cause I mean that's the correct way to belay. Of course I went off the ground. I went close to 10 or 12 feet up into the air.
I hate it when my hands burn from the rope after my climbing partner falls all the way to the ground.
SuperAhmed1337 is there gloves you can get?
@@bdogstone2221 It's a joke lmao
@@jackblack7573 yeah, he knew
@@timorouw5555 r/whoosh
@@auroravuitton90 ?? Why the woosh?
In summary:
1: Always hold the break end of the rope
2: Always hold the break end of the rope
3: Always hold the break end of the rope
4: When giving your partner slack, keep your hand on the break end of the rope
5: Always hold the break end of the rope
6: When lowering your partner, hold the break end of the rope
7: Tie a knot at the end of the rope
I get your point but Number one isn't about holding the break end of the rope
“Brake” end of the rope
Better yet, hold both ends of the rope about two feet from the grigri, and beat a Petzl engineer with it while playing 4:08 - 4:12 on repeat and screaming "DO BETTER!"
I love how this is the same guy as the world’s best belayer. He’s come a long way!
You figure after 2 or three falls she would stop climbing with this guy.
I've been belayed by a bad belayer before. You don't even need a fall. You just see his technique and think "Well, I'll just climb down"
right! the third one is her fault.
@@erickstamand Climb down by yourself climbing))
@@robpatton5913 I don't want to victim blame but I have to agree with Rob here
Yeah, no, it's definitely his fault. That's literally the point.
Wtf the guy at the end belaying and playing THE FLUTE?
He... wasn't really belaying...
send rhythm
It is a secondary belay device, granting a temporary +50% endurance buff. Only works on climbers who know the belayer isn't operating the primary belay device at that point.
Every single one of these are exactly the same. You could boil this entire video down to "Hold the brake end of the rope.".
Repetition, the mother of learning! :-)
@nerfzinet exactly.
One more thing actually, with many belay devices you need to hold the braking end of the rope and hold it below the belay device.
And here we see why years later these accidents still continue to happen. Repetition is important.
That was intentional because PEOPLE STILL DON'T DO IT RIGHT--as the end of the video shows.
The end with real climbers was the most frustrating part of this video.
Real climbers or just real people acting like climbers with bad habits? Of course, whilst bad belayers will exist, you can't tell if anyone in a vid is merely acting or not.
when the dummy falls i crack up everytime, too funny xDDD
Amazing.
Petzl, setting the bar high, in a humerous way as per usual.
Setting the bar as low as it gets with climbing gear.
Great video! His biggest mistake was to check out other female climbers while belaying Nina Caprez! Seriously, who would do that :-D
The portion from 8:00 to 8:11 is the scariest ...
Omg... >
If I ever see a guy pull out a flute while belaying me, I'm anchoring, getting another person on my rope and as soon as I get down that guy gets decked in the face.
lol first note i hear im fucking him up
Nice bit at the end about tying a knot at the end of the rope and how to belay with a GRIGRI. They never mentioned this in our lead belay class in the gym.
There's this cool trick where if your climber is stalling and you want them start climbing again, just look away for a second.
i took a 25 ft fall back in July with my brother belaying me (I trained him with an ATC using BUS), the wall we were at required use of their Gri Gri set up and a Slip Slap Slide belay technique on our 2nd run on the way down his rope snagged under the . arm and i hit full force into 2 inches of plastic mulch ( no crash pads or soft landing surface) thankfully i still walked away but still did some permanent damange. the gym's first response after i decked was to yell at my brother from the desk, and accuse him of opening the brake too far. and then a couple minutes walked from their desk to see if i needed medical assistance. i still have to walk with a cane some days and have trouble laying on my back.
Lesson: trust the way you are most comfortable belaying, and do not trust wholly in autolockers
.......or let those belay how they want to and are most comfortable with provided the rope is tended to properly and the belay device in question is not manipulated improperly.
Six years later, but the A in ABD does not stand for "Auto" but "Assisted".
I remember I was doing high elements (An obstacle course about 3 storeys high) when I was about 15 years old, the rain just stopped and the course was wet and hard to balance. The belayer was a middle aged man with another man acting as an anchor. Though when I slipped and fell, the belayer didn't stop me from falling by pulling on the rope and when I was about a meter from the ground, I suddenly stopped and got wedgied really hard, turns out the anchor guy was smart and grabbed the rope in time but unfortunately he had major rope burns
holly damn. I'm never getting a belay from strangers
+Placeholder seeing the belayers at the end in real situations scared me
+gfunkonthecheesetree
None of them is using a tuber ...
people I have known for years I won't let belay me just don't fully trust them
This was so god damn funny, but at he same time dead serious.
When choosing a belayer never use one who has previously been the cause of a lengthy stay in in a hospital.
It drives me nuts to see how often this happens at my gym. We once had a dad take his hands off the rope to take a picture of his son hanging off the top. Up until that point, everything was textbook for 3 or so months.
I saw a dad doing the same thing outside with a tube belay device. The kid shouted at him: 'stop taking pictures of me, you should be belaying me!!!' Sometimes children are more sensible than adults.
A gri gri? I would have called it a chazwazza.
8:09 - typical outdoor hipster spotted.
I love this video the falls are fucking hilarious hahahaha
let's be honest, the best grigri tutorial on the whole internet
I remember when I was in a class and we were learning to belay, and the guy who was belaying me did THE MOST CHOPPY LOWERING JOB HAVE EVER SEEN! He dropped me about 7 feet, then stopped for like, 3 minutes, and continued until I was on the ground. Never again!
notice: if you see this man in any gym or outdoor climbing area, do not under any circumstances let him belay anyone. Failure to follow this guideline may result in death or serious injury.
The guy at the end playing flute! Smh
So hilarious!!! Best part is when she first falls... she climbs again! LOL. This was so awesomely good.
Lol in their best belayer video the dude has all pretzel gear and then this guy comes in with black diamond stuff. Subtle Pretzel 🤣
At 1:56:
"Hi Mom! I'm doing well, and you?"
"No, not radishes again, I ate them yesterday."
Climber: "Ahhh!"
"Ahhh!"
"Mom?"
how do i get a petzl skull and crossbones shirt?
I find it funny people are getting mad at this like it is obviously a joke. People will be more likely to remember something if they learned it in a fun way rather then a boring way
So basically.. just learn how to do it correctly right from the start and always do it like that. Voila. Practice makes perfect.
This are the kind of guy (they call themselves "mountaineers) that goes on Everest summit tours ?
i have been by an accident caused by point 7. Since that, always make a knot at the end of the rope
Thanks for the tips! Except I never heard of belaying before this video, and I have only gone climbing once or twice.
Is there a behind the scenes.
This is the kind of safety video I would remember the info from.
Yet very recent safety videos I have watched for real world scenarios, I have forgotten some of I bet because I was bored.
That video is just spot on, if you want to be a climber you gotta do the basics right first. I just loved the over dramatize storytelling to boot
Behold: the worlds worst belayer!!!
...10 seconds later
Start by giving him the right equipment.
its called a gri gri?? thats interesting , a gri gri is a voodoo protection talisman
+Astrum G2V Well ... whoever it was he obviously wasn't as smart as the guy who named the SMART.
Skyfox94 .... touche.
How not to do movies are rare... Well done!
I love this video. Very well done, thanks guys!!
No Nina was harmed during this production.
😉😂🙌🏼
One simple answer. Make sure that they are belay certified
Great production! Hilarious!
This video feels totally awkward too watch
There's a small 5th grader in my climbing class (We do top-rope) but even so, he just JUMPS around and tries to 'swing' with NO HANDS on the belay. Wonder why his best friend never wants to climb with him :/
TrueRatchet in mine its age 15+ which makes it 1000 times better, no screaming kids and basically only adults who are mature and want to learn
lol the cross loading at 4:01
i feel sorry for the person that had to untie the knot after filming this
Someone should fall down wearing heavy steel capped boots & land on that idiots head; but first say to him, "your Mum wants you to remove your helmet".
I still see people at my gym and local crags doing Act 1 and belaying with their brake hand up. They think their technique is faster or something. Sometimes I want to just come up to them when they're not belaying and tell them that what they're doing is unsafe.
+ecopsher To be fair to them, I was at first taught that method of belaying. But soon learned the actually safe method. They might've just been taught wrong. So maybe you should tell them what they're doing is unsafe. If someone hadn't told me I would've kept belaying that way.
+N3rdHD I think many of these people were used to belay with Munter Hitch, where holding the brake hand up is the proper way (it creates more friction actually).
@@panda-bm4de Both 1 and 2 are mostly fine with a munter hitch. But not with anything else.
how scary this must have to been to film😨
those screams will haunt me tonight.
I can’t decide if the fall would hurt more or the rope burn
8:10 what the fuck? HE IS PLAYING THE FLUTE :D
Man if you belay like that you're gonna have some sore hands.
And some dead climbing partners..
I never thought anyone could be as bad at belaying as this shows
She really should climb within her grade
this was soo funny and good!
Tldr don't hold the climbers side of the rope hold the breaking part of the rope
Damn he packing that schmeat.
So I'm supposed to tie a knot on the climber side and let go?
Like, fave, & sub'd. Thanks PetzlCrew for such an instructional and hilarious video!
omg real MVP this lady for taking those whippers for the sake of the video!
why does she keep going up???
What are you are you talking about? The guy's technique was perfect!
This video is 10 years old but I still see belay horror stories in 2024! 😅😅😅😅
We'll have to make a new one then ;)
Nina Caprez you are so sturdy!
informative AND entertaining! awesome
This happened to me at a camp once, I fell 2 stories onto my back on wood. Ouch.
How did she survive all those falls
I think good belayer can feel what is his/her purpose, so that he/she doesn't do stupid things like the things shown in video.
So do I hold the break side of the rope or not? Vid was unclear
agh this makes me never want to go climbing again... :/
AlWaYs HoLd ThE bReAk SiDe Of ThE rOpE
Old vid I know. But I still want that belayer's t-shirt. :)
this gives me such anxiety
That's what we call a Betrayer.
The voice over guy acting like he is in Narcos or something
That's one hell of an Ecrin Roc!
Petzl: how often do u wanna fall?
Woman: Yes
bahaha that was jokes. The part about the gre gri is true though. I was dropped indoors once and stopped inches from the ground only because my belayer burned his palms and let go of everything.
Who plays the belayer?
Gilles Estrambouli
A true artist.
This video is a classic…
this chick must be crash proofed *lol*
Great stuff!
I love the puppet :D
Damn that guys packin😂
6:28 this happened to a friend of the once luckily he survived and didn't get harmed but nobody trusts the guy who did that to him not anymore
I want that t-shirt!
Her spine must be made of dimond
Hilarious vid. Like an SNL skit, if SNL skits were (still) funny. Also, did this guy strap a salami on before the shoot?
I must be super tired because i think it is soooo funny!!!! i want to cry! great faces from the belayer!
Just FreeSolo. Never have to think about any belay or rope again
Note to film people: don't use a dummy for a clip and then put it in slow motion.... cracked me up every fucking time
Jesus, this guy has absolutely zero empathy.
does anyone know the actors in this video?
The climber is Nina Caprez (Petzl Team member), the World Worst Belayer is Sylvain Kerboua (French actor)
Thank youuuuu!
@@PetzlSportVideos where can we get the skull and crossbones shirt?
well it's all timely I suppose, but if one needs to watch Petzl vids to correct belay technique, then perhaps they shouldn't be belaying...
I think I've only had one bad mistake, and it wasn't that bad. I guessed the weight of the person I was belaying incorrectly and well I was belaying him on a speed wall in race, he was about 45 feet up and fell. I already had the brake line held down cause I mean that's the correct way to belay. Of course I went off the ground. I went close to 10 or 12 feet up into the air.
What do you know bout belaying!? ALWAYS answer the phone - when belaying!!!
Painting Kitteh Those sentences make no sense at all. Good job
7:59 wait this is fake right ?
nope..