Climb Safe: How to belay with the Smart

The Smart (Mammut) is one of the belay devices that do offer blocking support. How does it work? How is the rope inserted? How do brake hand and guide hand work together for taking up or paying out rope? What failures should one be aware of when operating the Smart? The Safety Research Group of the DAV provides answers.

[kypd]

The manual of the smart illustrates the basic position below the device, on the rope - not on the device itself. Is there a reason why you differ here?

[henrietteandersen]

When I learned securing, I learned that you always should take hold of the breaking rope with the other hand when moving the breaking hand upwards when taking in rope. Is there a reason you don’t need to do that with the smart 2.0?

[mikekenny]

Are you seriously taking your grip off the dead rope, wtf?

[fleaz]

he lets go of the brake strand 4 times within the first 7 seconds of the video lol

[jansveen]

This is wrong! Never let gop of the dead rope.

[Huishan-epru]

Hi friend, I don’t want to mean that but since that climbing are getting familiar then few years back, dragging people’s attention to discover the joy of this sport.

Don’t you think it’s a very serious issue by deliver this action especially when people have multiple platforms from learning or researching online, the channel have more responsibilities on not only sharing the information but also as a role model to beginners?

(Beside that, I very like the way how you explaining to lower climber using the device in this video!!)

I learned the way which we have to belay with take over methods, its not only for spot climb or trad climb but also the basic top roped too….. It’s a bad habits especially you are demonstrating with an assistant braking device.

Some places or country do prohibited the usage of ATC belay device when the reports came out to decrease accident.

It will guides people to think about it’s only have to take over the brake side rope when using manual device not during ABD, but actually both need to……

My climbing instructor told us complacency is the killer. Hoping this approach doesn’t rude to anyone. My suggestion is it will be great if you mentioned the take over belay methods or the caution you mentioned on your description, or else pin your explanation on commend please ☺️

[vantastic.journays]

Sorry, aber der Deutsche Alpenverein könnte seine Videos auch ruhig auf Deutsch mit englischem Untertitel machen.