I was curious about this as well. At the very least I wanted to see how a climbing harness felt. I stopped by REI and tried a few on. Let me tell ya, I sure hope saddles are more comfortable because rock climbing harnesses surely are not. Talk about crotch infringement. Surely saddles are not nearly as bad at crushing the reproductive region. With saddles it appears the majority of the weight goes to the "saddle" versus the leg straps in a climbing harness. Is this true? Though, from the pictures I've seen, the saddles look like just that, a climbing harness with a part to sit on. Thoughts?
Lots of factors determine how your weight is distributed. Lower tether and longer bridge will put more weight on your butt. High tether and short bridge transfers more weight to your feet. Somewhere in between and you can distribute it between butt, feet and knees. Knee pads or a foam pad strapped to the tree help a bunch.
You're not doing it right. Once you put the harness on crouch down and get your junk away from the leg loops and make sure there is enough slack in your pants for them. The harness should put all the pressure on your upper legs and back. If you have a platform to stand on from time to time it should work fine. I have hung from RCH for up to an hour and it was OK. I am thinking of going back to my RCH with a DIY fleece sitdrag. I sewed a panel of stretch fabric to the back of my harness to distribute the weight and it helped.I was curious about this as well. At the very least I wanted to see how a climbing harness felt. I stopped by REI and tried a few on. Let me tell ya, I sure hope saddles are more comfortable because rock climbing harnesses surely are not. Talk about crotch infringement. Surely saddles are not nearly as bad at crushing the reproductive region. With saddles it appears the majority of the weight goes to the "saddle" versus the leg straps in a climbing harness. Is this true? Though, from the pictures I've seen, the saddles look like just that, a climbing harness with a part to sit on. Thoughts?
You're not doing it right. Once you put the harness on crouch down and get your junk away from the leg loops and make sure there is enough slack in your pants for them.
Thanks for showing. So you have a bridge tied off of your waist belt. Then you have your linemans belt attaching to the waist belt as well while being held out to the sides by the accessory loops. Is that correct?
The bridge is attached to the sit drag which I am also wearing. The LB is only hitched to the RCH. The accessory loops just hold the LB ends apart. If I were to fall while using the LB it would be helpful if the ends would pull together cinching me better to the tree. While using only the RCH I just attached my tether to the belay loop. People say you need a bridge but I found that untrue for me. The belay loop was fine and kept the two bridge leads out of my 10 and 2 positions.Thanks for showing. So you have a bridge tied off of your waist belt. Then you have your linemans belt attaching to the waist belt as well while being held out to the sides by the accessory loops. Is that correct?
The bridge is attached to the sit drag which I am also wearing. The LB is only hitched to the RCH. The accessory loops just hold the LB ends apart. If I were to fall while using the LB it would be helpful if the ends would pull together cinching me better to the tree. While using only the RCH I just attached my tether to the belay loop. People say you need a bridge but I found that untrue for me. The belay loop was fine and kept the two bridge leads out of my 10 and 2 positions.
Huh. Didn't I post pictures? Just look at them.So you have one end of the LB girth hitched to the belay loop, ran through the accessory loops then the other end through the loop on the other side then clipped back to the belay loop? I'm trying to figure out how folks are using LBs on the RCH
Huh. Didn't I post pictures? Just look at them.
They are on Flickr. I don't know why they might be blocked.Weird... they aren't showing up on my computer. Wherever they are hosted must be blocked through my work firewall. I'll look again when I get home, my bad!