Alpine Towers’ designs use a variety of systems for safeguarding participants. The Alpine Tower series was specifically created to use a dynamic belay system referred to as a “top-rope belay system”. A belay rope is tied directly to the participant’s harness. The participant remains on belay until back safely on the ground. Several other designs use this same system, including the Carolina Climbing Wall Series. Other designs use a static system, which is created by attaching a participant into an overhead safety cable via safety lanyards. As participants move horizontally through the course, they sequentially reconnect their tethers to new overhead safety cables. Modern technology allows for participants to make these transfers in a way that they cannot accidentally disconnect themselves from the safety system. Some ATI courses use a combination of both the dynamic and static system.