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Auto-Locking belay devices 21-Nov-2007 At 11:52:50 AM GravityHound

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On 21/11/2007 andesite wrote:
>Mal Daly (Trango's founder) demos the Cinch here:
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9MjVdR4j8Q
>
>Great idea to have instruction videos - an interesting technique is demo-ed
>late in the video - redirecting the belay side of the rope to a biner on
>the leg-loop. He says this technique works also for standard belay devices
>- might be another trick to pull out the bag if you have a heavy partner,
>skinny rope or someone working a route while you belay them with a standard
>belay device. I'm gonna try it tonight while belaying my mate - I'm a lightweight,
>he's not, and tonight we are supposed to be pushing grade :-)
>
>Right I'm off to watch the rest of the Trango vids (http://www.trango.com/videos.php)
>- see if I'm placing my Maxcams optimally, and whether Big Bros should
>go on the shop list.
>
just watched the Alpine equalizer one and he says something along the lines of ....
"so when you just cant find bomber anchors, that’s when you might want to start to think about equalising". does that mean I am being anal because I equlalise any anchor I build?