Of course, the total opposite to this sort of sport climbing dynamic belay are some of the examples of dynamic gritstone headpoint belays. Belayers wearing spiked running shoes and arme with gri-gris: if the leader falls, they drop the device and sprint like buggery, hoping to take in enough slack to keep them off the ground.
Or the stories of belays on things like the End of the Affair, with belayers leaping off the start ledge to achieve the same effect. I've heard the advanced method is to employ both a belayer and a 'pusher' in case the belayer gets cold feet. |