Alright climbing folk, how are you meant to learn how to trust an auto-belay? Even at the sort of heights I’d jump off from a boulder I can not make myself push away and trust what is basically a glorified hoover power cable retractor to take my weight.
@jon I’m not sure that you ever fully trust an autobelay, but you get the hang of it after a while. Try the jump off at each hold thing, working up one at a time
@jonathanhogg that was what I was attempting this morning, couldn’t bring myself to jump off any higher than the second foot hold. I suspect I just need to keep trying at it.
@jon if it’s any consolation, I imagine falling to my death every time I let go on an autobelay. I understand that they are actually statistically safer than people though