At the top of the route

Setting up the rope for lowering

Regardless of the technique used, the belayer must continue to belay the climber throughout the entire sequence, never letting go of the brake-side rope.

You may encounter different belay station configurations.

Case 1: belay station with points connected by a chain

Example 1
Example 2
Technique 1: climber stays tied in during the entire sequence and is lowered on a locking carabiner.
Technique 2: lowering on a tie-in knot

Case 2: belay with unconnected points

Example 1
Example 2
Connect to both points with your lanyard:
For the next steps, use one of the techniques previously described, running the rope through both points of the belay station

Different ways to set up the rope on the belay station

Examples of setting up the rope on a belay station with connected points
Examples of setting up the rope on a belay station with unconnected points.
To limit wear on chain links, you may, for example, use this method.