> when lead belaying, you need to pay out rope, which means disengaging the auto brake. If you do this buy holding the handle What the hell are they teaching k

> when lead belaying, you need to pay out rope, which means disengaging the auto brake. If you do this buy holding the handle What the hell are they teaching kids these days. I've NEVER needed to hold the handle on a grigri unless I'm trying to lower something. The correct technique is hold the cam down with your thumb leaving three to four fingers in contact with the rope at all time. The left hand is used to pull rope through the girgri to give rope to the climber, the climber already has to pull up a bunch of rope through a maze of carabiners and don't need the extra work of trying to pull it through a grigri. https://www.petzl.com/US/en/Sport/Belaying-with-the-GRIGRI https://www.petzl.com/US/en/Sport/Belaying-with-the-GRIGRI