A boot axe belay is a method of securing a climbing partner when traveling on terrain that requires you to use a rope. Basically, one climber wraps the rope around his ice-axe and boot in a specific manner to put friction on a rope and keep his partner from falling.
To belay means to surround, overlay, or adorn something.
Belay your order essentially means "cancel the order" or "stop the order"refer to: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belay
I will belay the rope.
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Yehunie Belay was born on 1961-12-09.
Martin Belay was born on 1991-03-15.
"Belay that" is a nautical term meaning hold off, or wait. It comes from the use of a "belaying pin" -- a wooden rod inserted into a rail, around which you wrap the end of a rope to hold that rope tight in position -- to "hold it right there". "Belay my last" would be "hold off on what I just said". "Belay that, mates!" would be "hold off on what your doing for a moment, guys". Colorful language the old salts had, no?
Stop is belay. As in "Belay and tie off" which is stop and tie off.
Nicolas Maurice-Belay was born on 1985-04-19.
If you belay from the top of the route, or from the base. Normally you would bottom belay. If for some reason you approached the climb from the top of the cliff you would do a top-belay. Also, if you are doing a really long (multi-pitch) climb, you and your partner leapfrog eachother up the cliff - each doing a length of the rope at a time. This means that every other "pitch" would be a top belay.
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