The Only Soft Catch video You Need to See

Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

A Complete guide on how to give a soft catch (dynamic belaying) for the Climber.

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Prerequisites for Beginners:
Belay Devices & Usage: youtu.be/qx3x5MMqGUg
Top Rope & Intro to Belaying: youtu.be/w5ybJwZPZAQ
Slack Management: youtu.be/aHI8kIXNH5M

Extra:
GriGri: youtu.be/We-nxljgnw4
Other Belay Devices: youtu.be/v8pEe5X1-Lc

Study: How does slack affect the fall: youtu.be/bnJnduOQNAY
Study: Comparing different soft catch methods: youtu.be/nMM-6WGAOlw

Hardest Possible falls:
P1: youtu.be/uoDN6SQog9g
P2: youtu.be/dlvgsGCHkzM

Fear of Falling progression guide: youtu.be/ZMIObBZvNh4

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00:00 Introduction
01:42 How Much Slack?
09:09 Why Taking hard Is Bad?
11:25 Hard Catch Clips
15:13 Soft Catch Clips
16:19 How to give a Soft Catch?
19:46 Heavy Belayer vs Light Climber
20:25 Common Fail Scenarios
21:26 Girls Giving Hard Catches
22:29 Sum Up
23:21 Climber shouting "Take"

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Camera & Assistance
Ana bergamaschi, Charlie Farrow, Meel Fay, Chrishu, Hanna Banana, Matej, Lili, Alberto Esteban, Olli Koppert, Cara Caramel, Jerome Gill, Ieva Luna, Fábio Moreira

Wow so many amazing friends contributed to this video :)

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Climbing Fall Clips from:
instagram.com/heatherfeatherclimbs
instagram.com/monicaclimbs
instagram.com/canabeibi

And many others that unfortunately I was unable to trace to the original posters

The Only Soft Catch video You Need to See | Ep.12

Largest Study on Climbing Falls - Part 1 #climbing #rockclimbing #science

We tried to climb 2 x 34 routes in a Day (No falling)

$Should You Retire Dropped Climbing Gear? Scientific Investigation of Micro-fractures in Climbing Carabiners. Get a little smarter every day with Brilliant. Visit https://brilliant.org/HardIsEasy/ for a free 30-day trial and 20% off the premium annual subscription. ▀▀▀ Also huge thank you to: Shock Absorber Testing - https://laba7.com/ 3D scanning, printing, milling, measurements - https://smartfactory.lt/ And Love for the mountains - https://www.mammut.com/ ▀▀▀ 00:00 Introduction 01:04 Dropping 05:33 Cyclic Loading 10:27 CT Scan 13:35 Break Testing 21:30 Plastic vs Elastic ▀▀▀ 3d - Alex Perez Editing - Ben Assistant Editor - Giusseppe Casey Camera Assistant - Ana Bergamaschi ▀▀▀ If you are getting value out of my videos and wanna feel good - consider supporting me: https://hardiseasy.com Because that makes a big difference and is the main reason that allows me do this project! Deep Thanks! Ben$

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$Complete Guide to Carabiners - Shapes, Styles & How they Fail | Ep.2 Detailed Class on Carabiners. You will learn why there are so many different Shapes / Sizes & Styles of the Carabiners. How to choose & use them Safely and all the ways a Carabiner could Fail on loads lower than what they are rated for (kN on the spine of the Carabiner) and how to avoid that. ⏩ NEXT: https://youtu.be/0gWOiqPAZDw ⏪ PREVIOUS: https://youtu.be/hEK2NCoET4E 🔗 FULL PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5FEOhiQGSo8PBwTZPeiwQGcxQ0xB99Gt 00:00 Intro 00:44 Aluminium Alloy 01:34 Steel 01:54 Hot-Forged 02:48 Shapes - Oval vs D 03:55 Shapes - HMS (Pear) 05:08 Shapes - Belay carabiners 06:52 Shapes - QuickLink 07:43 Gate - Non-Locking 08:59 Gate - How to Correctly use 2 non-locking carabiners? 10:22 Gate - Screw gate 11:17 Gate - Auto-Locking 13:24 Size - Is smaller better? 14:57 Strength - What matters in real world? 18:08 Strength - Can you break Cross-Loaded carabiner? 19:44 Strength - Nose Hook - Dangerous! 20:59 Strength - Carabiner bent over the edge 22:10 Strength - Triload 24:08 When to Retire your carabiner? 25:43 Microfractures - Can you Drop your carabiner? 27:20 Bonus question � Choosing Guide for Beginners For bolted single pitch climbing: 1x Belay Device Carabiner: Mammut Bionic Cross Lock - https://bit.ly/3AagrPT Mammut Smart HMS - https://bit.ly/3AdgcmS Black Diamond Grid Lock EDELRID HMS Bulletproof 1-2x small size, D shape, autolocker or screw gate for Tether / Lanyard or other use cases (having multifunctional carabiners is always handy): Nordwand Micro Lock: https://bit.ly/37m9zSQ The fastests screw gate Ive ever tried, but most of them work fine, so choose whatever is pretty to you. For bolted multipitches you might want to add: 2x small, D shape screw gate for connecting anchor to bolts: Nordwand Micro Lock: https://bit.ly/37m9zSQ 1x bigger, screw or autolocker for Master point: Workhorse HMS: https://bit.ly/3jmlNRh * Above links might be affiliate and give me small benefit. ❤ If you are getting value out of my videos and wanna feel good - consider supporting me https://hardiseasy.com Because that makes a big difference and allows me to do this project! Deep Thanks! Ben ❤ Special Thanks For Mammut for helping me to create this episode! � Additional resources: Corrosion in Climbing Carabiners https://rockclimbingcompany.blogspot.com/2009/09/corrosion-in-climbing-carabiners.html Forces at work in a real fall https://www.petzl.com/BE/en/Sport/Forces-at-work-in-a-real-fall?ActivityName=Rock-climbing Black Diamond QC LAB: WEAKNESS OF NOSE-HOOKED CARABINERS https://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/en_ES/stories/experience-story-qc-lab-weakness-of-nosehooked-carabiners/ DMM Nose Hooked tests https://dmmwales.com/knowledge/may-2015/carabiner-and-bolt-interaction$