Attaching to the climbing harness
The device must be attached to the tie-in loop of the
climbing harness, or be fi xed to a suitable and secure
attachment point, using a locking carabiner.
ATTENTION
– The ingress of sand and dirt may impair
functioning and result in damage to the device.
ATTENTION
– When the lead climber is belayed directly
by being attached to his/her harness, the belayer must
also be secured by suitable means in order to ensure
that he/she is not pulled away when arresting the lead
climber’s fall.
HANDLING THE DEVICE
Opening the device (fi g. 5)
Press down the spring bolt fully. Then push open the
moveable housing fl ank.
Fig. 6: Push open the moveable housing fl ank fully.
Inserting the rope
(fi g. 7)
The rope running out to the lead climber runs out at the
axle on the fl anks of the housing. Pay attention to the
pictogram on the outside of the moveable housing fl ank.
Fig. 8: Guide the rope completely around the braking
cam situated in the device. Make sure the rope runs
smoothly!
Fig. 9: Push the moveable fl ank of the device back into
place.
Then close the device (Fig. 10)
The device is only correctly closed once the spring bolt
has fully clicked back into place.
Check it before you use it! If the device is closed cor-
rectly, the fl anks cannot be moved against one another.
Check that the rope has been inserted in accordance
with the pictogram on the device.
ATTENTION
– the device has no braking effect if the
rope is inserted incorrectly.
Fig. 11: Clip a carabiner though the eyelet provided on
the device. Only use a locking carabiner. Make sure that
the screwgate is correctly closed.
Belaying the lead climber
(fi g. 12)
Hold the device between your thumb and your middle
fi nger and tilt it slightly to the side. At the same time,
grasp the rope which runs into it with your ring fi nger
and little fi nger of the same hand.
Letting out rope (fi g. 13)
By pressing the upper part of the brake cam lightly with
your index fi nger, the rope leading to the leader can, if
required, be paid out very quickly with your free hand.
During this process, the rope continues to run through
two fi ngers of the hand that is holding the device.
Since in the event of a fall a refl ex-like clenching of the
fi ngers cannot be ruled out, the cam must be released
and the braking side of the rope be grasped as quickly
as possible.
Pulling in, shortening the rope (fi g. 14)
To do this, simply pull in the rope that has been fed
out. When the rope is pulled in through the device, the
braking cam takes a neutral position and does not need
to be activated.
Taking in, tensioning and locking off
(fi g. 15).
Pull in the rope tightly enough (tighten the rope) until
the rope tension causes the braking cam to click into
the locking position.
In the event of loading, the person is held. When a fall is
arrested, the same procedure takes place automatically.
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