Chest Harness - Version 2

This is my second attempt to make a better chest harness for the Frog System.

The attachment strap is too short. I used slick seat belt webbing for the shoulder straps. Because it is so slick, I don't think it will hold in position very well. I'll have to have better webbing for the next version.

I believe that these are minor problems. This harness was built to test the large back pad and the croll attachment point.

This harness will go to Andy and Dave for extensive testing on the climbing/caving wall. :)

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• caving
• chest
• harness
• cave
• frog
• system
• ascend
• rope
• rappel
• abseil
• climb
• SRT
• rock
• tree

[joelprestonsmith]

Plastic buckles on a climbing harness? I hope he's not climbing anything higher than Rush Limbaugh's IQ (in millimeters).

[mtvertcaver]

@joelprestonsmith

The chest harness is NOT designed to be fall protection. It's primary job is to move the chest ascender up the rope when the caver stands up. Even if every single plastic buckle on the harness failed at the same time(unlikely), the caver would still be safe because of the seat harness. Other manufacturers have used plastic buckles on their chest harnesses for many years.

[PMPertile]

looks comfy, now all you need is a cup-holder on that thing! ; )

[mtvertcaver]

Gear loops and cup holder will be on the final version. LOL!! :)

[jumarb]

Looks like it works pretty good.