The Importance Of The Climbing Harness
Posted by the author on June 30th, 2006Almost every rock climber who has been climbing more than a few months can tell you a fall story, especially if he or she has been climbing outdoors. Though most gym climbs are top-roped, which only allows falls of a few feet, those climbing sport or trad routes can take some pretty big falls. My biggest fall was about a twenty-five footer, which ended with my head hanging only five feet or so above a set of jagged rocks. So why didn’t I hit the ground? I didn’t bash my head on the rocks because my belayer caught me and because all of my gear worked the way it was supposed to, including one of the most important pieces of gear, my climbing harness.
