I made a chest harness

[AHPP]

I've been using a chest harness for the last few weeks. That one was 25mm webbing. I just made another with 38mm webbing (not tested in earnest yet but I don't imagine will be very different apart from a bit more comfortable). I like using it and can't see myself going back to not using it. Even for quite gymnastic climbing, I forget it's there.

 

Pros:

• Back/shoulder support.
  
• Keeps harness up with stuff hanging on it.
  
• You can use one of the orange quickdraw tapes looped under your bridge and whatever's on your bridge (the other tape stays against your body) to pin your friction device to your stomach/chest. Nice for SRT ascent. This also keeps you upright when hanging (sometimes good, sometimes bad but you just slack the tape off at the shoulder if you need to stretch/lean backwards).
  

 

Cons:

• Slight shoulder chafing (when in a shirt only and that was with the 25mm webbing). Not painful, just noticeable. Hoping 38mm webbing will solve entirely or almost entirely.
  

 

Bits used in the setup pictured (you can, of course, use whatever tat you have lying around and change stuff for your harness/needs):

• ~2m of webbing
  
• a ladderlock buckle
  
• a triglide (not necessary if you knot/sew the ladderlock on)
  
• a maillon
  
• 2 quickdraw tapes (rock climbing gear)
  
• a snapgate with a smooth nose (smooth nose good if you have a little bit of string on your Pinto pulley and clip into that to keep it high to tend better)
  

 

Hope this is useful to someone.

[silky fox]

Great stuff Alex! Do you find the Guitar gets in the way when climbing though?

[AHPP]

It was a sod getting the photographs with it on me. Poor light here. And a poor photographer here.

Harness still doing sterling service, thank you very much! Finally added a saw hook. Will FB you a pic.

[carlos]

Great stuff Alex! Do you find the Guitar gets in the way when climbing though?