From azw@aber.ac.uk Fri Mar 10 14:01:30 EST 1995 Article: 30109 of rec.climbing Xref: dmssyd.syd.dms.CSIRO.AU rec.climbing:30109 Path: dmssyd.syd.dms.CSIRO.AU!metro!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uknet!gdt!aber!localhost!azw From: azw@aber.ac.uk (Andy Woodward) Newsgroups: rec.climbing Subject: Re: Tie Your Own Harness? Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 12:22:23 UNDEFINED Organization: U.C.W., Aberystwyth Lines: 65 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pcfcfa.dbs.aber.ac.uk X-Disclaimer: Warning - Sender not verifiable X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev B final beta #4] > >> I recently met a co-worker who says he makes his own >> harness from webbing. He just wraps it (I'm not sure how) and ties >> it off. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ >>you write -- >> >>The way we always did it was to tie a 1" webbing harness such that a water >>knot bight and an etrier knot bight formed two tie in loops by the waist. >>The you can leave the harness tied permanently , and simply tie in direct >>to the rope with your favourite knot. This is as conveinient as many >>commercail harnessses. > >Sorry - I can't envision this -- I think a water knot bite is what we >use for each leg loop. Beyond that I have no idea. I probably should >know an etrier knot, but I don't, and I just don't understand how >the harness could be permanently tied and yet fit tight enough. Is this >rig diagrammed in any publication? OK here goes. I dont know how successful this will be: 1st pattern:- a O------0 \ / \__/ b About 12 feet of tape is formed into a loop as above. 0 is a water knot, O is an etrier knot. a is the waisband b goes thru the crotch and tie in is direct thru O,0, and b It is best to sew a couple of tapes across the bum from the waistband to hold the leg straps up. It will be obvious where when you put it on. The harness can then be left tied indefinitely. 2nd pattern:- Takes about ten feet of tape. Form two leg loops (twisted twice or three times at b and d) and two water knots at a and e as below. a b c d e 0---------------------------------0 /\ /\ / \ / \ \ / \ / \/ \/ Step into the leg loops with c IN FRONT. Now wind a and e round the back, across the bum and to the front again. Tie in directly between a, e, and c. Dont forget c!