1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,150 Let's pretend that I am a very lightweight belayer. 2 00:00:03,150 --> 00:00:05,821 And my climber takes a huge fall 3 00:00:05,821 --> 00:00:08,309 which drags me up into the wall. 4 00:00:08,309 --> 00:00:11,719 And if I panic and let go the brake side of the rope 5 00:00:11,719 --> 00:00:12,940 to protect myself. 6 00:00:12,940 --> 00:00:16,229 While my grigri gets trapped in the first quickdraw. 7 00:00:16,229 --> 00:00:18,240 Is this gonna kill my climber? 8 00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:20,640 I already made a video showing that 9 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:22,689 if you press on grigris cam 10 00:00:22,689 --> 00:00:25,110 and not hold the brake side of the rope 11 00:00:25,110 --> 00:00:29,320 that might end up fatal. 12 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,719 So let's see if quickdraw can also 13 00:00:32,719 --> 00:00:34,550 unlock the grigri's cam. 14 00:00:34,550 --> 00:00:36,101 If you get trapped in it. 15 00:00:36,101 --> 00:00:38,800 If I am pulled 16 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:41,360 so hard... 17 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:43,870 Wow! 18 00:00:46,409 --> 00:00:48,800 I mean that was like one shot experiment... 19 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:50,849 Though yeah well if you move maybe... 20 00:00:50,849 --> 00:00:52,811 You will be going down... I still filming. 21 00:00:52,811 --> 00:00:55,950 No, no. Keep filming. Yeah, it goes down. 22 00:00:55,950 --> 00:00:59,120 So if I would not be holding this... 23 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,090 Yeah, if I don't hold this... 24 00:01:01,090 --> 00:01:02,629 The climber goes to the ground. 25 00:01:02,629 --> 00:01:05,849 So yes, quickdraw can unlock grigri's cam. 26 00:01:05,849 --> 00:01:07,989 But to make this experiment even better 27 00:01:07,989 --> 00:01:10,880 I wanted to see what happens in a dynamic environment. 28 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:13,439 Where i would fly up and jam into the quickdraw. 29 00:01:13,439 --> 00:01:16,080 Unfortunately i'm not that lightweight 30 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:17,999 to fly all the way from the ground 31 00:01:17,999 --> 00:01:19,860 into the first quickdraw. 32 00:01:19,860 --> 00:01:23,670 So instead I decided to clip myself with a separate quickdraw 33 00:01:23,670 --> 00:01:24,960 just below the bolt, 34 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:27,369 so I would need to fly less. 35 00:01:27,369 --> 00:01:31,179 Pulling. Yeah. 36 00:01:31,200 --> 00:01:33,090 Ah, no. The rope got pinched... 37 00:01:33,090 --> 00:01:35,759 Pulling. Yeah. 38 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:38,320 Oh, no! 39 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:43,420 Whoa, the rope... oh, man... This is crazy what happened to the rope. 40 00:01:43,420 --> 00:01:46,450 So first few attempts the climber was 'saved' 41 00:01:46,450 --> 00:01:48,212 by the rope getting trapped 42 00:01:48,212 --> 00:01:50,482 between the grigri and the quickdraw. 43 00:01:50,482 --> 00:01:54,960 Or in some cases even wrapping around grigri's handle. 44 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,509 Which you definitely don't want to happen. 45 00:01:57,509 --> 00:02:00,799 But then we got this. 46 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:03,040 OK, pull it. Yep 47 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:04,960 Whoa! 48 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:07,119 Yep, Yep. 49 00:02:07,119 --> 00:02:09,160 All my backup went in. 50 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,229 So if i would not have this hand on, 51 00:02:22,229 --> 00:02:24,480 my climber would be on the ground. 52 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,480 Attempt number two. 53 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,640 I'm gonna give you 54 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:30,239 one meter of 55 00:02:30,239 --> 00:02:31,920 backup rope. 56 00:02:31,920 --> 00:02:33,519 Yeah. 57 00:02:33,519 --> 00:02:35,360 Whoa. 58 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:36,879 Yeah. 59 00:02:36,879 --> 00:02:39,200 So here you go. Another reason why you 60 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:41,712 should never let go the brake side of the rope 61 00:02:41,712 --> 00:02:43,870 even if you're belaying with the grigri. 62 00:02:43,870 --> 00:02:45,850 And if you want more life-saving tips 63 00:02:45,850 --> 00:02:47,230 check out this playlist. 64 00:02:47,230 --> 00:02:49,336 Or if you're more geeky person 65 00:02:49,336 --> 00:02:50,320 this one is for you. 66 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:51,660 And to all the good people 67 00:02:51,660 --> 00:02:53,209 who want to support me, 68 00:02:53,209 --> 00:02:55,059 what I'm doing here on this channel, 69 00:02:55,059 --> 00:02:56,530 consider visiting my website. 70 00:02:56,530 --> 00:02:58,560 It has different ways how you 71 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:00,319 can contribute. 72 00:03:00,319 --> 00:03:02,239 And thank you so much. 73 00:03:02,239 --> 00:03:05,840 And enjoy climbing.