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Rappel Belays Toproping, part of the FalconGuides How to Climb
series.
If you’re teaching a beginner and they’re rappel- A simple technique to back up someone on
ling for the first time, it’s best to belay them on a rappel is called the fireman’s belay. It is an effec-
separate rope. For belaying strategies from the top tive technique when the rappeller is using a figure
of the cliff, I recommend that you read my book eight descender, or a tube or plate-style device. In a

Instructors belay students at Joshua Tree National Park, California.

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