I gave the spll to the climbers and

asked which scenario will cause a harder

catch for the climber option A where the

blayer stands far from the wall option b

where the blayer stands close to the

wall or C that it does not matter and to

my surprise

38% chose option b well for the last 2

years we've been doing the largest study

on climbing false and now I have a

visual answer to my question so yes in

some cases there was absolutely no

difference however more often standing

far from the wall caused a harder catch

for the climber and the belayer had way

less control and we also tested a

scenario where the belayer is

significantly heavier than the climber

and jumping up is much more difficult

and then we compared everything against

the tube slide method so if you want to

learn more check out the full video