Talk:Belaying

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[edit] Other uses of belay

What about "belay that order"? Isn't that a nautical term too? Or did they just make that up for Star Trek?

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=belay&x=0&y=0 See number 3. --Anonymouses 20:48, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

It is a military term used such as belay the report. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.13.216.35 (talk) 09:55, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Liability??

I always worry about the climbing pages on wikipedia. Every single climbing book (either instructional or guide book) that I have ever picked up has had some warning on the inside cover that "reader assumes risk." I do bite my fingernails sometimes thinking, "what happens if someone reads this page and does the typical American thing, which is to say they take no responsibility for their own stupidity and end up killing themself or someone else following the information here, and then try to blame it on Wikipedia?" I guess it's kind of a silly concern, but maybe some kind of general disclaimer about the accuracy of the information and the self-assumed risk by applying information would be prudent? Giminy 05:36, 24 May 2007 (UTC)