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Your answer · after a belay check

Pilar checked your belay. Would you like to be listed?

Halima came to her first Tuesday night at Drip Line last week, and Pilar checked her belay. The check is a vouch in Belay Partners only. The Pool asked her that evening, and nothing is listed until she says yes. This is the Kindling handshake §5.2, after the step a vouching-required Pool adds before it §5.4. Nobody is listed without saying yes §5.1, and a check lists nobody on its own. Play Halima: every button works.

Belay check

Halima Osman

Checked by
Pilar Echeverría
When
Tuesday 22 September
Counts in
Belay Partners, and nowhere else

Belay checked here

  • Illustration: Halima smiling, black hair in a bun, in a denim hoodie

    Belay Partners

    Halima Osman

    Email verified

    Waiting for an answer

The check is done. Her tag is not on the rail until she answers yes.

Pilar Echeverría would like to list you in Belay Partners.

From
Drip Line, on behalf of Pilar Echeverría
To
halima-osman.notion.example, and the email on it
Sent
Tuesday 22 September, 7:05 in the evening, after your check
Lapses
6 October 2026, after 14 days
What it’s for
Climbers who passed a staff belay check at Drip Line and would like to be asked to climb, most often on Saturday mornings. The check is our vouch in this Pool and nowhere else: one of us watched you tie in, belay, catch a fall and lower, once, here. Say what you climb and when, in your own words. Nobody pays to be here or to be introduced.
Who’s asking
Pilar EcheverríaSigned in with OAuthfloor lead
What the check means
Pilar watched you tie in, belay, catch a fall and lower, once, here. In this Pool you would show as Vouched for by the curator Everywhere else you stay Email verified
Who can see it
Public. Anyone can read the Pool, including apps like Bellows, and the words on your page will be in it.
Messages
Only checked climbers are in this Pool, so only they can ask you through it. Your own rules say: anyone verified.
Leaving
One action, any time, from any message. It takes effect within sixty seconds.
What it costs
Nothing. Your day pass or membership pays for the gym. Nobody pays to be in the Pool or to be introduced.

Waiting for your answer14 days left

A no is remembered, and Pilar can’t ask again unless you tell the Pool she may. Your check stays a check, written down nowhere else.

Behind the scenes

These buttons play Pilar’s side, and the clock. Nothing is sent anywhere.

The Pool sent a handshake request.

The log, and the exact JSON
  1. 2026-09-23T02:05:00Z

    The Pool sent a handshake request.

    {
      "schema_version": "0.1",
      "type": "handshake-request",
      "handshake_id": "hs-drip-line-drip-line-belay-halima-demo",
      "pool": {
        "url": "https://driplineclimbing.example/pools/drip-line-belay.json",
        "name": "Belay Partners",
        "charter": "Climbers who passed a staff belay check at Drip Line and would like to be asked to climb, most often on Saturday mornings. The check is our vouch in this Pool and nowhere else: one of us watched you tie in, belay, catch a fall and lower, once, here. Say what you climb and when, in your own words. Nobody pays to be here or to be introduced.",
        "curator_identity": "pilar@mail.example",
        "curator_verification": "oauth",
        "intent_tags": [
          "climbing",
          "belay",
          "partners"
        ],
        "visibility": "public"
      },
      "profile_url": "https://halima-osman.notion.example",
      "sent_at": "2026-09-23T02:05:00Z",
      "expires_at": "2026-10-07T02:05:00Z",
      "accept_url": "https://driplineclimbing.example/handshake/hs-drip-line-drip-line-belay-halima-demo/accept",
      "decline_url": "https://driplineclimbing.example/handshake/hs-drip-line-drip-line-belay-halima-demo/decline"
    }

The request as a file: handshake/demo-request.json.

After a yes

What your yes changes, and what it does not

In Belay Partners

Your entry is listed as Vouched for by the curator added by Pilar, with your yes as its consent proof. Checked climbers can ask you to climb, and you can ask them.

Your entry, as it would be written
{
  "profile_url": "https://halima-osman.notion.example",
  "parsed_profile": {
    "schema_version": "0.1",
    "profile_url": "https://halima-osman.notion.example",
    "display_name": "Halima Osman",
    "pronouns": "she/her",
    "location": {
      "city": "Seattle",
      "region": "Washington",
      "country": "United States"
    },
    "intent_tags": [
      "climbing",
      "belay",
      "new-in-town",
      "friendship"
    ],
    "about": "Climbed for three years at a gym in Minneapolis, then moved to Seattle in July for a job at the port. Top ropes, is learning to lead, and does not know anyone here to climb with yet.",
    "contact_methods": [
      {
        "type": "email",
        "value": "halima@mail.example",
        "label": "Kindling identity"
      }
    ],
    "verification": {
      "level": "curator-vouched",
      "verified_at": "2026-09-23T02:05:00Z",
      "verifier": "pilar@mail.example"
    },
    "messaging_preferences": {
      "accept_from": "verified",
      "no_cold_messages": false,
      "minimum_curator_verification": "email"
    },
    "kindling_noindex": false,
    "parsed_at": "2026-09-23T02:05:00Z",
    "parser": "kindling-parser/0.1.1"
  },
  "parsed_at": "(on your yes)",
  "consent_proof": {
    "handshake_id": "hs-drip-line-drip-line-belay-halima-demo",
    "accepted_at": "(on your yes)",
    "method": "curator-vouching"
  },
  "verification_level": "curator-vouched",
  "added_at": "(on your yes)",
  "added_by": "pilar@mail.example"
}

On Saturday

Maya Lindgren has asked for a partner, 10 to 1. Once you are listed her ask can reach you in Bellows, and yours can reach her. See Saturday.

Everywhere else

Nothing. The vouch is local to this Pool §4.4. In any other Pool, app or gym you are what you were: Email verified