Started off bouldering, then hooked up with a local guy who claimed he could belay. To start with, he put the rope in the belay device the wrong way up. After correcting that, he seemed fine with top rope belaying, however, his lead belay ability needed supervision, leaving a lot of slack out to take in on my 6b lead and not using dynamic belaying techniques. I just had to hang on until he sorted it out!
Knowledge gained: check that partners can do what they say they can do every time! :)
Area :
Oxford University Sports Centre
