Hi Peter. It sounds like you're familiar with the concept of a dynamic belay and have seen it in action. That being the case, I can't understand why you're not a convert. Dynamic belays reduce the stresses placed on the climber (and the protection, incidentally). This is what we're talking about with the term "soft falls", as opposed to bone-jarring (or -breaking) drops. For more clarification, Joe O wrote an article on soft falls which even contains pretty pictures. |