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Petzl sequoia buckle serious failure


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Earlier this month I replaced my climbing harness with a new petzl sequoia harness, I'd only had the harness just over a week, and I was reducing a large sycamore, as I passed around a upright stem, moving accross to reduce the next section, I felt a odd click at my waist, having a new harness and being extra cautious I looked down to check, out of the corner of my eye I saw a small grey object falling to the ground, that was my harness waist buckle, luckily I was in a good position, stood in the top of the tree and could use my landyard to bridge my harness, I manged to exit the tree cautiously and found the plastic part of the buckle at the base of the tree.

Upon inspection there were no signs of damage, it literally popped out of the metal buckle it was mounted in.

I'll attach some pics, posting this for other sequoia owners to be aware of, if I was in a position where I had sat back in my harness, the buckle would have definately failed.

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