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Blue Mountains - male climber injured after fall 7-Nov-2013 At 8:23:20 AM Nick Clow

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Totally agree with Mike's comments.

Bringing a second up on a conventional belay device on your harness makes for a very poor ergonomic position (especially as you are likely to be sitting on the edge of a cliff, leaning forward to look down at your second).

15 years ago I had a slight shock when bringing a second up with a conventional belay device on my harness as my thumb got sucked into the belay device when the second fell suddenly. The rope running though the device burnt my thumb. The second fell a metre and a half more than they should have so it wasn't a disaster, but it made me reflect on exactly what Mike is saying and I switched to bringing up a second on a munter. A much, much better ergonomic position. A munter also happens to work very well (it sinches) in the event of a shock/surprise loading/fall.