Saturday, January 18, 2020

Rope Rescue Harnesses

I had a Facebook follower ask the question; "what rope rescue harness do you like?" There's tons of harnesses out on the market. There are some good ones and there some not so good ones out there. When choosing a harness you really have to ask yourself a few questions. The first question is what am I going to be doing? If you are doing a lot of rappelling you might consider a class 2 or seat harness. If you are going to be doing some more technical work a class 3 or full body harness is what you should be looking for. The second question you should ask is, how comfortable is the harness? If you are going to be hanging in the harness for a long time, more paddling will be your friend. Along with the comfort question you should make sure that the harness is going to be easy to put on. You don't want to struggle with putting the harness on when you have an emergency. In an emergency time is critical and being able to put a harness on quick could be a life saver. One of the last questions you should ask about a harness is there accessories that I can add. Some harnesses you can buy the seat harness now and then add the chest harness later. There are tons of other little things that you can add to your harness to make it more functional as long as you get the right harness from the start. So I'm looking for everyones favorite harness. Weigh in and let me know what your favorite harness is and why.





 

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