The belaying device is what is also known as an ATC, and looks like this:
The rope loops through one of the two holes in the top of the ATC (shown in the picture above). It loops through and is attached to a carabiner which is then attached to your harness and a daisy chain which is attached to the ground. The looping of the rope acts like a pulley in some way and allows you to easily stop it from slipping through by pulling back the rope to a breaking position. This is how you secure the climber from falling and can stop the climber if he/she is falling and can also gently lower the climber back down to a better climbing position or the ground.
A belayer and belay on climber can be seen here:
The belayer is the person on the ground and the climber in the picture is said to be on belay. As you can see the belayer has the rope in the break position to stop the climber from falling.
I enjoyed it a lot but unfortunately was unable to make it up the harder climbing routes. I make it up the easy ones but have difficulty carrying my weight up the medium to harder routes. My arms get tired very quickly due to the hefty weight they are carrying. Something to help with that is to rely on your feet to carry your weight, but unfortunately I get stuck some times and have to use my arms and then they quickly get exhausted until my forearms can't take anymore :D. Then I shout "Take!" and my belayer calls "Gotchya!" and then I let go of the wall :D. Its load of fun but got to work on my weight.
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