
Auto belays let a climbing wall run more lanes with fewer staff, but they introduce a failure mode that conventional belaying does not: a climber can leave the ground without being attached to anything. These “no-clip” falls are uncommon on a per-session basis and entirely preventable, yet they account for the most serious auto belay incidents on record. For an operator, the question is not whether a climber will eventually forget — it is how many independent layers stand between that single lapse and an injury.
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