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belay devices 4-Feb-2007 At 8:59:46 PM andyr

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IMO whatever belay device you use, key is to use it and use it and use it till its intricacies, foibbles, quirks and behaviour becomes predictable and second nature to you.The more devices you have, the more you devices you must practise on. There's no short cut to learning from practice, which is kinda cool..guess it means you've gotta go climbing more, which is good. But seriously, whenever I buy a significantly new type of device - as when I first bought a Gri Gri - and by the sounds of it, when you buy something like a Petzl Reverso or BD ATC Guide - the key is to use it and use it till you're on intimate terms with it...sort of..that way you'll be able to cope with things like feeding slack out quickly to your leader and avoid short roping them - which REALLY sucks - and still know to how to hold them if they fall. Important stuff!