belayer
Climber's safety partner
A belayer is the person who manages the rope for a climber, controlling slack and ready to arrest a fall.
The role requires constant attention—a belayer's mistake can be fatal.
The term comes from belay, the nautical and climbing verb meaning to secure a rope.
She trusted her belayer completely on the difficult pitch.
Spring-gated metal link
One who scales
- trustConfidence in another
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- partnerOne who shares activity
- reliabilityConsistent, predictable performance
attentiveness · vigilance · responsibility · coordination · teamwork · backup · patience · focus
Guarding against harm
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
- secureProtected from harm
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- redundancyNeedless duplication
training · experience · helmet · knots · runout · catch · counterbalance · tether
Moving something downward
- catchingAble to be transmitted
- brakingReducing speed deliberately
- top-ropingClimbing with anchor above
- multipitchRoute requiring intermediate anchors
stance · communication · commands · take · slack · climbing · lower
carabiner
Spring-gated metal link
climber
One who scales
- trustConfidence in another
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- partnerOne who shares activity
reliability · attentiveness · vigilance · responsibility · coordination · teamwork · backup · patience · focus · alertness
protection
Guarding against harm
redundancy · training · experience · helmet · knots · runout · catch · counterbalance · tether · certification
lowering
Moving something downward
- catchingAble to be transmitted
- brakingReducing speed deliberately
- top-ropingClimbing with anchor above
multipitch · stance · communication · commands · take · slack · climbing · lower
- mountaineeringsummit, alpinist, mountaineer, ice axe, ice axes
- climbersclimber, Edmund Hillary, mountaineer, alpinist, rock climber
belayerclimber
One who scales
lead climber · follower · rappeller · abseiler · point person
- belaying pinDeck peg for lines