How to Belay a Climber

"Hi! My name is Brandon. I'm with expertvillage.com, and today I”m going to show you how to rock climb. Now that you're setup to belay, you need to learn the proper technique of belay. There are many methods to belay, but this is the most basic. Your right hand is going to be on the right rope a couple of inches off the belay device. Next, your left hand will go on top of your right. Every time the climber climber takes a step up the wall, there will be slacking the rope, and your job is to pull the slack through. To do this with both hands, I'm going to pull the rope straight up, and slide my right hand down the rope, place my right hand back on top making sure I always keep distance between my hands and belay device to prevent myself from getting pinched. Every time the climber steps up. Again, remember take the slack out, both hands, slide right, place left. Your main goal is to always keep your right hand on the rope because this is your break hand. Now if the climber were to fall, with both hands I'm going to put them in the break position. The break position is straight down parallel to the belay device. When this happens, the rope is pinched on the belay device and can not slide through. It doesn't take much effort to hold the climber there, and this is how you belay."