Big Wall Aid Climbing - How To Set Up the Belay

0:00 Introduction
0:18 Creating the Central Point
1:09 Tying Yourself In
1:37 Fixing the Lead Rope
3:03 Setting Up the Haul
4:10 Summary

Get the book ‘Big Wall and Aid Climbing’

Practise in a safe environment before you climb a big wall. Set up a top rope or go ‘aid bouldering’ to test out these techniques. Stay away from established routes when practising.

Music:
Proctor - Topher Mohr and Alex Elena

[johngo]

Wowzer, another solid video! Your channel is really terrific, very simple yet great quality instruction, wonderful animation, and you have a nice speaking voice.

[Sicnus]

Hooray! It's a video I like from the people I like that put out videos that I like! ;)

[johtso]

Just discovered your videos, awesome stuff!

[beingaware]

Spectacular videos. All of them. Will you keep doing these! Everyone, please go through and be sure to thumbs UP ALL VDiff Climbing videos. It helps them. VDiff will you please do a Big Wall Hauling specific video of 1:1, 2:1, and 3:1 Hauling arrangements? Also, I see you set up the 2:1 diferent than the pretty popular Mark Hudon method, or he does it different than you. can you comment on that? I don't think in his method he has to flip the micro traxion cam up and out of the way. Also, can you incorporate a small chapter of how to avoid crossing lines and tangles with the bags and lead ropes and tag lines? Thanks again. Great content!

[jacobpowers]

When "backing up" the fixed rope, is there an advantage from attaching to both a bolts and the master point? (beyond increasing redundancy)

[henrir]

2:14 - how long coil loops do you usually start out with so that you have the rope running freely?

[tkevin]

How did you get that yellow IKEA bag ?