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Common Courtesy at Indoor Gyms 1-May-2006 At 12:18:16 PM kezza

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On 1/05/2006 rodw wrote:
>remember most ppl get a 2min quick this is how you belay talk and then set free,
>few if any really understand the mechanics so a simple quick refresher
>course by one such as you might have been in order.

Intro's that all newbies go through is quite thorough. If they first don't understand it, they simply won't be signed off.. Sometimes you have to go through the intro 3 or more times before they understand that there is a person on the other end relying on them to keep them in one piece. If after that they still don't understand the concept then they quite simply won't be belaying.. It's funny how some minds work, or don't work. But that's the general public for ya!
C'mon give us gym instructors a little bit of credit! just a lil'?