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| bobo16. 07. 2009 14:53:41 |
Hello. I'm just deciding on buying a climbing harness and a lanyard set. I have no problems with the latter, because I already have one chosen, but I don't know what to get for the harness. Basically, I won't need it for sport climbing, but for the mountains (ferrate). Do you use the full harness (one-piece) or just the lower part? I mostly notice that only the lower part is more in use. Maybe some advice? Regards.
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| Skuta16. 07. 2009 15:17:34 |
I think the "lower" is enough. This is also used in sport climbing and alpinism. The "upper" harness kids use in sport climbing, obviously some extra safety, I don't know..
Haven't seen in our mountains or crags anyone using upper harness. Not an expert though 
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| turbo16. 07. 2009 15:20:12 |
More or less everyone uses the classic climbing harness (that's just the lower part).
I started with one-piece, now for ages just the lower part.
But in some mountaineering magazine I read that if you have a very heavy backpack, they recommend either one-piece or combination of lower and upper part, due to spine injury risk in case of a fall.
In sport climbing and via ferrata I doubt you'll carry a very heavy backpack..
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| triglavski16. 07. 2009 15:35:36 |
In mountain rescue, both classic and helicopter, the upper harness part is also mandatory.
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| fajti116. 07. 2009 15:49:51 |
For mountains and via ferratas I personally recommend one-piece (mountaineering) harness. The center of gravity or attachment point is somewhat higher than on one-piece harness meant for sport climbing. Since in mountains we carry backpacks too, with higher CG less risk of flipping head down on fall. In some book on safe mountain paths I saw even pics of injured mountaineers who fatally crashed on fall.
Safe steps and nice trip.
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| Johny773. 08. 2009 11:56:46 |
I'm also looking for a harness and now I'm a bit in two minds what to buy because some I've seen have only harnesses. I would prefer to see the full set already assembled.
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| Bojan_A3. 08. 2009 13:39:19 |
In Iglu you have Ferrata set "Ferrata basic". But with this variant I don't like it, because it's really basic. Climbing harness for example has not even one loop for sets and gear.
You can get something like what I have: http://bojanambrozic.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!ACD975034630F7FE!6838.entry
Even better are those lanyard set variants where the elastic twists the rope so it doesn't tangle. One such example is Scorpio.
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| Zebdi9. 03. 2012 23:08:05 |
Regarding buying a climbing harness: maybe I look too much from the sport climbing viewpoint, but my first requirement for the harness is that it's comfortable for me. That means in the shop I try as many different models as possible. By "try" I don't mean just putting them on, but also hanging on the rope. Every serious shop allows that; if not - thanks, goodbye. Sport climbers indeed use only seat harness (the lower part), but it's also true that falls in crags with proper belaying are very soft and you hardly feel the stop. Offhand I'd say that falls on via ferratas (especially with a heavy backpack) can be much more uncontrolled and brutal, so in such a case I'd probably opt for a combination with the chest part.
Ah, Corax is a quite solid harness.
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| lynx9. 03. 2012 23:50:59 |
I agree, it's very good if the harness is comfortable, because then you can have it on all the time up there and no need to complicate on "combined" tours.
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