New Climbing Harness

[tiger_spot]

All last week, I was felled by Horrible Disease, so I did not get to go climbing at all. Today I am better, so we fixed that. While I was sick, my new full-body climbing harness arrived, so today was the first day I got to try it out.

I like it; it's not very comfortable to be lowered in, because the top part is quite loose[1] and therefore kind of wraps up around the sides of my neck when all my weight's on the rope, but it's definitely better for climbing and belaying right now than my regular harness. Whoo, no waist strap! I'm freeeeeee!

I was a little dubious about the fit, so when we got to the gym I asked the folks at the front desk to help me check it, and they got me sorted out and reassured me that the loose parts in the back were okay. And then I had my first instance of someone who had not explicitly verbally been informed of upcoming baby asking when it's due, because there really is only one reason to switch to a full-body harness in the gym.


[1] I had to get the larger size because of my thigh circumference, but every other part of me is smaller than the manufacturer expects given that measurement.

Comments

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

preg... er... *reads back*... oh, ok, you posted that they day after I left for my 3 week honeymoon in Spain. No wonder I missed it. Congrats then :)

[tiger-spot.livejournal.com]

Heh. :) Yeah, I expect I'll be catching stragglers up for a while.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Oh, manufacturers, when will you learn that there are women who have thighs because we use them for things? and do not necessarily have more of the rest of us to match?

[tiger-spot.livejournal.com]

I cannot blame them too hard for that one, because one of the differences between women's harnesses and men's harnesses is that the thigh to waist ratio is larger for women's harnesses. They only make the one kind of full-body adult harness, so they... use... men's... measurements....

Stupid manufacturers. Grr.