Re: newbie question belaying from top with setback anchors
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 1:19 am
Hmm... I'm not exactly sure what the heck is going on in the OP, but I can tell you it's overly complicated, and wrong, if you're belaying with static rope.
Anchors set back from the edge... want to use them for belaying a top-rope... Just get some webbing or cordage to run down over the edge from the anchors, and run the DYNAMIC climbing rope through two locking carabiners at the end of your web/cord. If you don't know how to set up a top-rope anchor, you need to look it up somewhere- lots of books and videos on youtube cover this ad nauseum.
If you want to belay from above, hang the belayer from the same anchor, or isolate him on a seperate anchor, setup similarly.
The only static anything should be your anchor material..
Anchors set back from the edge... want to use them for belaying a top-rope... Just get some webbing or cordage to run down over the edge from the anchors, and run the DYNAMIC climbing rope through two locking carabiners at the end of your web/cord. If you don't know how to set up a top-rope anchor, you need to look it up somewhere- lots of books and videos on youtube cover this ad nauseum.
If you want to belay from above, hang the belayer from the same anchor, or isolate him on a seperate anchor, setup similarly.
The only static anything should be your anchor material..