Found this on planetfear:
http://planetfear.com/article_detail.asp?a_id=473I can't be bothered to read all of it, but hey, there it is.
Couple of bits I did notice:
The first rule of spotting, as in first aid, is to look out for your own safely.
Keeping your thumbs in line with your fingers and using the palm of your hand will protect against injuring your thumbs.
Huh, that makes sense. Might try and remember to do that.
but for redirecting a climber on a roughly vertical move, a much better choice is to go for the backside. With a buttock in each hand, it is surprising how easy it is to redirect a climber towards their bouldering pad without them slipping from your grasp.
Not too keen on this idea. I for one, have a sweaty arse. This leads me to believe that other people may have similarly slimey posteriors. And bum sludge just aint good for hanging slopers... :roll:
Once the climber has landed, it is likely that they will exhibit the urge to bounce off the mat and into some nearby boulder, tree, or worse still - cacti. A spotter should be ready to absorb some of that force – especially if there are any obvious hazards nearby.
:shock: Really? Come on, the main joy of spotting is saving the climber from a hideous deck out, then throwing them at a groin-high tree stump...
Only once you have covered all the possible landing zones with a single layer of pads is it worth piling them on top of each other
Is that so? I'm not convinced. If you know where you are going to land, stack em and stack em high.
