I was climbing indoors with a yank mate, he'd been taught to belay that night and he was having some troubles but seemed to be getting some system happening.
I climbed a 10m overhang and heard a scream, looked around at the yank and about 3 instructors where running at him and calling for me not to bail, he'd pulled the rope into a pile at his feet and was standing with the gri gri in one hand and a slack rope in the other, he'd totally lost it!
Some people just didn't get the "rope gene" and train them all you like they'll never get it! |