It is a form of belaying that mainly uses natural structures and nature itself to achieve maximum safety of a person. These are various rocky protrusions, fissures, cracks, spikes, holes, and blocks, as well as various dwarf pines, snow, and glacial formations. The opposite of this (traditional) gear are different types of steel rods, rivets, glued bolts, and circles permanently embedded in concrete on the rocks (and these days also often in the high mountains). However, the essence of traditional gear still remains its repeatable usability, variability and its final removal from nature after reaching the summit. Various types of very sophisticated special aids are used for belaying: various types of interlocks, friends, abalacs, hexenters, stopers, staples and UFs, but also much simpler aids such as knots, ropes, loops, wooden wedges and others… Climbers choose and prepare these belay devices themselves ahead of each ascent according to the difficulty of the ascent, the material of the rock, the information available to them and personal their experience.
It is a full-fledged belay on which the life of a person depends and which is used mainly as a climbing belay and as a belay at the rest (the so-called stand). The amount of material used is always adjusted to the maximum safety of the athlete.