Top rope is a type of climbing where you use ropes. The rope is attached to an anchor system at the top of the climb. The climber just ties themself in to the rope and climbs up. If the climber makes it to the top, falls, or wants to come down they just let go of the hold, and they will stay where they are. They will be hanging right where they fell. Then if they want to come down the belayer lets them downn. If they want to keep trying the climb they can just get back on the climb, and try it again. They belayer is the person at the bottom of the climb that takes the slack out of the rope and "catches" the person if they fall. The belayer makes sure that if they fall off the climb they won't fall to the ground. Top rope climbing is the one of the three climbing styles of climbing used indoors.
