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All right, welcome back to the largest

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study on climbing falls. In the first

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episode we looked how does extra slack

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affect the fall, or more precisely does

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falling more reduce the pendulum into

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the wall and how hard the climber is

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going to hit the wall, and then I showed

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you the importance of soft catch and

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what a massive difference that makes and

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also that hard catches are not only the

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problem for heavier belayers

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lighter belayers often lack practice to

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give soft catches since most of the time

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they don't need they fly up anyway but

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in exceptional cases with enough

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friction... -My foot -What happened to your

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foot -Well it was a hard fall - Heavey belayer?

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-Llight belayer. Yeah yeah and I also

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asked you guys I'm curious did you ever

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got unexpectedly hard catch from a light

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belayer? And turns out this happens more

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often than I

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thought. so yeah light or heavy you're

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going to love this episode because we're

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going to investigate which method of

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giving soft catch is the best. We're

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going to compare stepping forward versus

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jumping up and as a bonus the tube slide

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method where the belayer lets the rope

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slide through the device which is more

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common in trad

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climbing so let's begin. Now in the

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previous episode I showed you this

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beautiful horizontal velocity graphs and

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I explained that the peak of horizontal

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velocity is at the bottom of the

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pendulum and that is a good indicator

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how hard the climber would meet the wall

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if the wall would not be overhanging and

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in this test I wanted to go a step

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further and see what happens when the

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climber meets the wall. - 1... 2... 3...

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and my idea this time was to

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measure deceleration during the impact

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and in many of our test cases

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this idea was working really well. If we

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compare the soft catches to the hard one

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you can see a huge spike in

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deceleration. However after doing lots

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and lots of more falls and analyzing the

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data I realized that the peak

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deceleration is not always a good metric

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to look. for example take a look at this

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hard catch you can visually see that it

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was much harder for the climber but the

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peak deceleration was nearly identical

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to the soft catches before, so it turns

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out our soft bodies are incredible at

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absorbing

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impacts but the problem is that it's

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very difficult to measure what's

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happening in our muscles during this

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impact. So while peak deceleration was

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interesting to look in some cases,

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horizontal velocity at the moment of

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impact was much better indicator. After

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all, all of this velocity that we are

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about to hit the wall will need to be

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absorbed by our soft bodies. Okay so

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let's see which method to give a soft

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catch is the best. To not kill me on the

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very first test we started with smaller

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falls and jumping up technique. And these

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falls were extremely nice and soft.

NOTE Paragraph

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[Climber] - A soft ride! 
So let's see how stepping

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forward will compare. 
[Climber] - 1... 2... 3...

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- This is harder.
And the fall this time

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felt a little bit harder and we can also

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see that in the graphs. However overall

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it was still a very soft catch.

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And the second fall was very similar.

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Also a quick note: I was not sure

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how much stiffer the rope gets over

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multiple falls, and even though in this

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video I'm presenting you all the data

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grouped by method, meaning at first I

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show you all the soft catches with

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jumping up method, then I show you all

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the soft catches with stepping forward,

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in reality we did alternate between the

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methods between every fall. So we did a

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jumping up and then stepping forward, etc.

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Pointless information for most of

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you, but I know that a lot of geeks are

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watching my videos and we like to write

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nitpicky comments, so this is for you

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nitpicky geek. All right now let's see

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how the tube slide method compares and

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while I was expecting a lot from this

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method, the first fall wasn't any better.

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The second fall had a very low momentum

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into the wall but a lot of vertical

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momentum, which made me almost run across

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the wall, which was slightly

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uncomfortable. So we tried again and this

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time the fall was much nicer and I know

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that people like to try all the crazy

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things they see on the internet so

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that's why I have to stress that this

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tube slide method is really advanced, so

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if you don't know what you're doing, make

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sure that you have an expert guiding you.

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Now if we would compare all the best

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attempts of all the methods, we can see

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that the jumping up was slightly better

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but overall all the method were very

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similar. 
[Climber] - So all of these falls felt quite

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soft except the one where he does

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nothing, then I fell to the wall.

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Yeah we actually forgot to film hard catches

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where the belayer does nothing on this

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test, but no worries this was just a

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small warm-up.
And let's see some bigger falls.

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So this time we started with a

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tube slide method,

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which at least in theory, 
lets the belayer achieve

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any full arc.

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And here is one more attempt

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this time with even bigger arc or longer

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braking distance, and the fall was just

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tiny bit softer for the climber. For now

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I'm just going to keep the softest

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attempt in the charts and let's see how

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does that compare to the jumping up

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technique. And we can see that the first

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fall was slightly smaller, however it had

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nearly identical horizontal acceleration

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and velocity. However it also had lower

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absolute velocity, which is actually

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better for the climber. Now the second

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fall was slightly smaller
but had a tiny bit

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more horizontal velocity towards the wall

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and again let's keep the best

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attempts of each method and see how does

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that compare to the stepping forward technique.

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And we can see that the fall

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was smallest however it had the greatest

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impact to the wall. Now on the second

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attempt the belayer did a much better job

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and the fall was significantly softer.

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And if we compare all the best attempts

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of all the methods, we can see that the

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horizontal speed at the moment of impact

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was nearly identical. Which means that at

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least in this test case scenario,

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a skilled belayer can achieve almost the

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same results with any method. But since

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consistency in catches also matters,

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if we compare the worst attempts,
tube slide method

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was the best, followed by jumping up,

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and then the stepping forward was the worst.

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However even the worst cases of

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any of these methods were much much

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better compared to the passive belay.

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So the first arising takeaway was that no

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matter which method you choose to give a

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soft catch, it's going to be much better

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than passively standing and doing

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nothing.

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And as always one test is no test, so I

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wanted to repeat these tests in a

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different location with another belayer.

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Ricky who has also a lot of experience

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using this tube slide method, and he told

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me that it's actually 
his preferred method.

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So, high expectations.

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[Climber] - Two, three... 
- Okay

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- Falling!

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- Aw, that was super soft!

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So we did three attempts, and all
of them had very similar

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horizontal velocity. 
Nice, for consistency.

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Next we tested the stepping

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forward method and we can see that the

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fall was much shorter and had a much

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greater swing into the wall. It seemed

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that the belayer was pulled towards the

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wall way too much, and did not have enough

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control to make the fall smooth.

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[Music]

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All right next the jumping up method,

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where Ricky actually did a very bad job

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on the first attempt.

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And the same happened on the

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second attempt where his jump was very

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minimal only initiated a little bit from

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his right calf. So that's not how you

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jump and that's why I decided to ignore

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these two attempts for the poor technique,

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and after he adjusted his technique
on the third jump,

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he jumped with both legs
and it was much much better.

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And finally we did one passive

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catch where the belayer does nothing and

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same as before, it causes significantly

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higher swing into the wall. So at least

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in this test case scenario, tube slide

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was the best, followed by jumping up, and

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stepping forward was again the worst.

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[Belayer] - So stepping forward versus uh

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jumping up 
[Climber] - Yes stepping forward was not

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in a controlled way I was just pulled to

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the wall. I tried to lean

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backwards to break to catch the fall

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but it was not in a controlled way, and

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jumping up I can choose how much I want

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to jump and at what timing.

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So overall which method is the 
best will heavily

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depend on your experience using this

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methods, however stepping forward seemed

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to be the worst and gave the least

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control, and also worth mentioning is

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that standing too far in many situations

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can drag the belayer into the wall

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completely uncontrollably.

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And that would make the catch even harder.

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All right but what if the belayer

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is significantly heavier. In that case if

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you try the jumping method there is not

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much pull up by the rope and jumping is

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much more difficult. So maybe stepping

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forward is better in this case. To test

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that Kishu suggested to introduce extra

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friction which basically makes the

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belayer heavier.

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[Climber] - Can we try like this?
[Belayer] - He wants to kill me!

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So that's what we got: a little

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zigzag in the beginning and then a

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straight line all the way to the climber

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so the rope actually is not going over

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the edge it's just very sharp angled.

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- He says you have to fall!

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- One, two, three

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The swing into the wall is...
...okayish.

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So we started with jumping

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method which felt slightly harder with

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increased friction but still 
plenty soft enough.

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Just take a look at this belayer

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running up the wall and even avoiding

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his arm being squished into the first

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quick draw. So let's see if

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with increased friction stepping forward

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will be better. This time he was not

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pulled into the wall uncontrollably

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anymore. It also looks like he got the

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perfect timing and even started running

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forward just before the impact, however

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the swing into the wall for the climber

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was still harder compared to the jumping

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method. Okay next we did a series of tube

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slide catches. The first felt very nice

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and soft. Now the second fall had even

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softer impact with the wall however I

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still had a lot of momentum downwards

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which forced me almost to run down the wall

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which is a little bit awkward.

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And the last fall had a very

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similar effect

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And if we look into the best cases for

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each method we can see that jumping up

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and tube slide were very very similar,

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and the stepping forward was slightly

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worse. And this bar chart plots all the

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falls so we can see that on average, tube

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slide method performed the best, followed

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by jumping up, and then stepping forward

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was the worst. Now from pure feeling

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standpoint for me as a climber, both

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jumping up and tube slide methods felt

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very nice and soft. Maybe if I would be

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nitpicking this extra momentum downwards

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sometimes on the tube slide method was

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slightly uncomfortable although in

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theory the belayer should be able to give

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almost any kind of catch with this

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method and the stepping forward method

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was maybe slightly harder, had slightly

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bigger impact to the wall however it was

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still plenty soft enough. And what is not

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soft enough is passive belays. So once

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again, no matter which soft catch method

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we tried it was significantly better

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than passive belay. And with added friction

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the belayer wasn't even lifted off the

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ground this time. Previously when we had

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no friction, passive belay looked like

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this: the belayer was still pulled up but

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now with extra friction, that is not the

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case anymore and you can see how the

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climber is being pulled up and into the

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wall even harder.

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[Climber] - Okay that was...

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... that was the way it was.

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So yeah don't forget to subscribe, I might need

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advertisement money to fix my broken

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body at old age. 
[Climber] - So what's your favorite method?

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[Belayer] - Yeah jumping up, yes

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Okay so we were leaning towards

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jumping as our favorite method, but

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what if the belayer is really really

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heavy, or there is so much friction in

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the system that the rope almost doesn't

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pull the belayer up? In that case, you can

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jump I don't know what 30 40 cm maybe 50

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if you're a crazy athlete... but is that

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enough for the soft catch? And this

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brings us to this experiment: here we did

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a series of falls, alternating between

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stepping forward and jumping up and we

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measured the forces to the climber.

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And same as before, jumping up was

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consistently better than stepping forward,

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and doing nothing was

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significantly worse. And then we decided

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to introduce this zigzag in the route, and

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although it doesn't look like much,

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it actually added a ton of friction,

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basically imitating a very heavy belayer.

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[Belayer] - Wow! I couldn't jump at all!

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And, as I was expecting,
jumping up was not working

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at all in this case, so let's see if

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stepping forward is going to be better.

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[Climber] - Wow that was solid!

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[Climber] - 2.5, oh sh*t! 
And it actually was even worse.

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[Belayer] - Man I cannot give you 
a soft catch this way!

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So yeah no matter how much I tried

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to jump, I was not able to give a

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truly soft catch, and stepping forward

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was even worse.

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[Belayer] - It's impossible to give
a soft catch like this!

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To time well the stepping forward

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on such a short fall

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is nearly impossible.

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Now while ,it seemed that heavy
belayers are doomed, on

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this next experiment I actually

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discovered something that helps.

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This time I was belaying a light girl, and as

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before, I was also struggling to give a

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soft catch. The jumping 
simply did not work.

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And neither did the stepping

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forward method.

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But then I discovered something.

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[Climber] - Better, better.
This one was soft!

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It's soft!

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So yeah, turns out that bending the knees
will give you more

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range of movement and in this test case

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scenario it made a huge difference.

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[Climber] - If the fall was Wyuuuuuuuuu

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Just super soft, and the others was Bump!

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- Like Bum? 
- Yeah yeah yeah!

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- So it's Bum versus Yuuuuuuu.
- And we prefer Yuuu.

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- You prefer Woooo.
- Yeah!

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And although I already

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mentioned this in the first episode, but

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it's really important to stress that

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simply throwing a lot of slack does not

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mean a soft catch.

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And in the case of a passive belay,

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it can end up very badly.

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And the only reason she was fine in this

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case, was because she was falling

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straight down under the quick draw.

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So all she felt was just a jerk to the

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harness. In a different situation with a

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little bit of swing, that kind of catch

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with would probably break her ankles.

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So, instead of feeding a ton of slack for

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your climber maybe you should... 
feed your climber?

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And as we saw If the fall is

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small, bending the knees before the fall

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might help. Now in case of a big whipper

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the fall naturally is much bigger, so you

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will have more time to go down and

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explode up and from a biomechanical

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standpoint since our muscles act as

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springs, going down and jumping up should

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result into a higher jump. Now if that

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doesn't help I would suggest more food

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cycles and if that's not an option then

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I've seen a method used by a very heavy

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belayer, which worked very well for him,

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where he took a little bit of slack with

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his lead hand and during the impact he

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used his lead hand to soften the catch.

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It is extremely important to not

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have too much slack here or you will

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burn your hand. So be smart and use this

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at your own risk. This is sketchy but

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I've seen it working really well.

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Or alternatively go old school and learn

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how to use tube style belaying, then it

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doesn't matter what's 
the weight of the climber

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You can always make a soft catch.

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But of course that comes with 
its own risks of not

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having an assisted belay device.

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But for majority of you, 
jumping up is going to

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be the best and if for whatever reason

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you find yourself away from the wall,

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then just do stepping forward as we saw.

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Whatever soft catch method is much

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better than passive belaying.

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Now I understand that this 
video was full of

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charts and graphs and chances are if

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you're still watching you're a little

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bit nerdy, however I'm going to make a

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separate video for my belay Master Class

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where I will go more on practical

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details, including those sketchy

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low-to-the-ground situations.
And also during

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these two years we have measured forces

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on hundred of falls, so we have a lot of

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data. But as I explained in previous

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episodes Peak Force to the climber might

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not be the most important factor for

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sport

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climbers however that might be much more

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important for TR climbers keep a good

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eye [ __ ] so I guess this deserves an

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episode for trout climbers as well and

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all of these people and supporters

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deserve a huge thank you none of this

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