Should You Change The Way You Belay?
Seems they're starting to teach things a bit differently across the pond! Some really interesting stuff right here.
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This tutorial presents a study carried out by the ENSA mountain equipment testing facility on belay anchors and belaying techniques. ENSA is the French National School of Skiing and Alpinism.
The results of this study suggest the use of certain anchor-building and belaying techniques, which are described in the second part of the video.