I saw a big guy struggling to rope-solo up a tricky 5.8. He was using an ascender, and he wasn't taking up slack very well. The real problem was at the top of the cliff. His "anchor" was his ...

Michael Donahue covers various types of anchor systems that can be used for a variety of rope rescue scenarios. In the last two articles, we focused on the foundation of mechanical advantage ...

How to Belay. Belaying itself is relatively simple provided one is always paying attention to your climbing partner. The end of the rope which passes through the top-rope anchor and goes back down to ...