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QUT and affiliates sued for $8m Kangaroo Point 19-May-2017 At 1:23:31 PM BBSR

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On 18/05/2017 rightarmbad wrote:
>I agree, as a belayer I don't take anybody off belay unless specifically
>asked to and have a second confirmation.
>But there is never a reason for the guy on the wall to fall once he has
>reached the anchors as his actions are the only ones that control his destiny.
>
>I will never take my safety off until I have confirmed verbally that I
>am on belay and feel the rope take my weight.
>If not then I then have the choice to clarify the situation and rectify
>it or simply rap clean myself.
>Doesn't matter what the belayer does once I reach the anchors, my fate
>is in my own hands.
>The only way I can get hurt in that situation is if I fruck up myself
>or my belayer lets go of the rope after starting to lower for some inexplicable
>reason.
>First rule, look after thyself.
>At the anchors I have every tool required to not get hurt.
>
One thing I do is to pull up on the anchor and ask the belayer to take. Then I rest my weight on the rope, before I remove my (now loose) safety from the anchor. If I abseil I do something equivalent.

I must say I never have liked being lowered, as I tend to have a low level of trust. I abseil quite a bit, as that is the way I learned. That said, I think that being lowered is supposed to be safer overall.