Rope turned into a swing and sent Brit hurtling into a piece of

Belayer failed to lock off her rope and she plummeted to ground at speed

She paused for a second before suddenly losing her balance and falling

This is the painful moment a woman plummeted from a rock climbing wall after her belayer failed to lock off her rope when she stopped moving.

The video, which was captured in an unidentified part of America, shows Brit Ruggirello taking to the wall and at first doing a great job of scaling it.

The filmmaker can be heard encouraging her friend as she slowly but surely finds her hand and footholds and continues to pull herself up.

Steady progress: Brit Ruggirello is filmed taking to the wall and at first doing a great job of scaling it

One step at a time: The video maker is heard encouraging her friend as she climbs the wall with ease

At one point she stumbles and very nearly falls, but manages to recover seconds later.

Her friend can be heard saying 'nice Brit,' as one of the two instructors tells her to 'keep going' while tracking her progress from the ground.

Moving to the left slightly, the rock climber is encouraged to grab a purple climbing hold, which she manages to do relatively easily.

She then pauses for a moment to get her breath back before losing her grip and falling from the wall.

At this point the belayer, whose job it is to ensure the safety of the climber, is meant to pull on the rope so that the woman dangles in the air.

Take a break: The woman pauses for a second to get her breath back before setting off again

Whoops: Suddenly the woman loses her grip on the climbing wall and hurtles to the ground at speed

However, Brit ends up falling from a height and plummets to the ground.

The rope turns into a swing and almost catapults her across the room as the belayer tries in vain to control her speedy descent.

Brit is then seen hurtling towards the video maker before disappearing from view and ploughing into a piece of apparatus.

The clip concludes with the filmmaker asking her friend if she is okay, but she fails to reply.

It is not known it Brit suffered any injuries as a result of the fall.

Mistake: The belayer fails to lock off the rope and the woman swings through the air and towards the filmmaker