Which belay devices are best? When partaking in a sport like climbing that’s equally exhilarating and dangerous, safety precautions take priority. Armed with a good braking hand, harness and rope, the ...

Multiuse belay / abseil device with innovative and compact design (registered design), suitable for use for in mountaineering, multi-pitch sport climbing and trad climbing with half, twin and single ...

CLICK UP is a belay device with manual braking, especially designed for crag climbing. It can be used with Ø 8.6 ÷ 10.5 mm single ropes. It is compact and lightweight and allows for belaying a leader ...

I swung my brake hand hard against my hip and flew 20 feet up to an ice screw. The fall by Peter Athans, 185 pounds of muscle, through space off the famous Fang ice climb in Vail, Colorado, ripped the ...

Sometimes you just want to climb to the mountain alone. Firley YMCA, at 525 Ellis Blvd. in Jefferson City, has installed two "auto belay devices" above its climbing walls, said Austin Tucker, the ...