Any of the gear rip then?

You decked with five pieces of gear that high? What happened?

Looks like you didn't place the bomber friend 1.5 just above where your right hand is.

Shit belayer standing too far away from the base of the crag!

Lucky you didn't bang your head, especially since you weren't wearing a helmet.

Agree with Phil S. See this belay all the time. V worrying.

Put a cam in the pocket above where my left hand is in this picture, while on the ledge, knowing the consequences of the rope that is pulled out. Went to move, fell cam popped last bit of gear held making it a lot nicer fall than it could have been.
Phil S, this picture doesn't show where the rope is going, my belayer was actually positioned left but next to the wall so the rope was out of the way.
Yes lucky I didn't bang my head on all those things to bang my head on...??

So last bit of gear held? Good news! Other gear higher up might well have if your belayer was properly with you in line with all your gear

The last bit of gear I placed held, not the last piece before the ground, besides how would a belay to the side affect the top bit of gear, it's more likely to pop all the gear leading up to it.
Think you need to stop picking holes in other peoples technique.

Appreciate your point - but personally just trying to be helpful - I can't speak for others who felt the need to comment

So you hit the deck even though your top piece held. How does that work?
And there's plenty to hit your head on if you deck, especially at the bottom of the Asp.

I was the belayer and please stop your nonsense comments. The bottom piece of gear is a bomber no.3 friend in a deep hole. the gear was placed by me, I might add !!! and a cam in a horizontal break (in this case in a pocket) works in almost any direction. I fell from the top way before this pic was taken with my mate belaying from the same position. he tried in a panic to place a no.1 friend in the small break towards the top of the climb, he fell, cam popped and with the amount of rope out he was lucky to just bounce at full rope stretch. Bad belayer???? I disagree esp. considering his weight. Please lets discuss this further.