What is 'top-rope' rock climbing?

What is 'top-rope' rock climbing?

Daniel Wade (Rock Climbing Manager) gives expert video advice on: What is 'top-rope' rock climbing?; What is 'sport climbing'?; What kind of equipment do I need in top-rope climbing? and more...

Top-rope rock climbing is a style of climbing that involves setting up an anchor before the climbing is done and that anchor point is at the top of the climb. So a belay system will be put in place, where climbers can move up the rock, but they will have constant tension on their rope because the belayer is able to pull their rope through an anchor point at the top of the climb. And then when they reach the top of the climb they can be lowered off of the same anchor.