guide mode Archives - VDiff Climbing https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/tag/guide-mode/ Safe Rock Climbing Skills Explained Sat, 23 May 2026 21:26:12 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/wp-content/uploads/vdiff-logo-Header-36x36.png guide mode Archives - VDiff Climbing https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/tag/guide-mode/ 32 32 Abseiling > The Carabiner Brake – How To Abseil Without a Device https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/carabiner-brake/ https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/carabiner-brake/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2025 17:00:16 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=1710 The Carabiner Brake – How to Abseil Without a Device Dropping your belay device at the top of a ten-pitch abseil descent isn’t recommended. But if you do, knowing how to use the carabiner brake...

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]]> https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/carabiner-brake/feed/ 2 How To Belay In Guide Mode https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/guide-mode/ https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/guide-mode/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2025 01:00:02 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=390 How to Belay in Guide Mode Guide Mode is an auto-blocking belay technique. It is a safe way for the leader to bring up the follower. Do not use this method for lead belaying. The...

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]]> https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/guide-mode/feed/ 3 Trad Anchors > Belaying the Follower https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/anchors-belay/ Fri, 26 Dec 2025 17:00:19 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=1590 Trad Anchors: Belaying the Follower Belaying from an Anchor Once you’ve climbed a pitch and built an anchor, you will need to belay your partner up. Pull up all the slack rope in the system...

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]]> Sport Anchors > Belaying from the Top https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/sport-anchor/ Thu, 25 Dec 2025 08:00:31 +0000 https://www.vdiffclimbing.com/staging.vdiffclimbing.com/?p=1917 Sport Climbing Anchors – Belaying from the Top For most sport climbs, you will belay from the bottom – just like you would at the indoor gym. However, you should belay from the top of...

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