#climbing auto-belay devices tested, courtesy of HowNOT2.Amazed with that centrifugal brake design. It's really clever, simple and effective. Centrifugal clutches on motorbikes operate pretty much with the exact same principle using brake pad materials and rotation speed. I've always wondered how some of those auto-belay things worked internally.I also think that centrifugal design is more serviceable if needed.https://youtu.be/Z97RkAapbDE?si=awOOGQlh4jtaPY7z
Austrian Babsi Zangerl has made the first-ever flash ascent of a route on Yosemite's El Capitan, climbingFreerider 5.13a via the Boulder Problemin a three-day push with no falls. Her ascent comes just a few weeks after she repeated one of Yosemite's hardest single-pitch trad routes, Magic Line 8c+ at Vernal Falls.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=776691
Since late September, she's sent six routes 5.14d and above: two 5.15a's, one 5.14d/15a, and three 5.14d's
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