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What is the correct way to attach an autoblock to your harness for rappelling? [migrated]
When rappelling and using an autoblock consisting of a french prusik knot it seems there may be some options on how and where to attach the autoblock to my harness.
Is there a correct placement on ...
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When climbing should a carabiner ever be clipped to the tie-in loops, and should anything other than a carabiner ever attach to the belay loop? [migrated]
I'm a beginning climber and am trying to resolve conflicting instruction related to tying into my harness.
During a recent outing a friend (an experienced climber, but not an instructor) was showing ...
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Is it possible to do indoor rock climbing barefoot?
I am very new to indoor rock climbing, I want to climb barefoot, I heard some people advise against it,
Anybody here has any experience or can give any suggestions on barefoot indoor rock climbing?
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How dangerous is indoor rock climbing with an inexperienced belay partner?
My wife and I are very new to climbing (indoor) and we want to belay ourselves.
If you know the basics of the method but don't have much experience could you really mess things up, or if you have a ...
