MelancholyMutt
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Went out for a little Rappelling off a small cliff in New York City's Central Park today... Spent the day goofing face-first doing Australian Rappells, and since I was wearing the belt, I thought I would do one with it to see how it feels.
I was wearing BDU pants and had the belt well cinched. I hooked a biner to the hook-in point, threaded the figure 8, hooked onto the rope, and stepped to the edge.
The rappell belt worked just as well as any harness to that point, but as I went over the edge, the Belt slid halfway up to my chest, gave me a monster wedgie, and started putting pressure on my kidneys and my hip bones. The sucker bit into my flesh, leaving painful little red marks in the remnants of all them extra donuts I used to eat.
However, the belt held up just fine and after a few seconds, I was on the ground, cursing and trying to dig about a yard of fabric out of my azz. The belt works. It ain't comfortable, but it works. It makes a great safety belt, but a painful rappelling harness, and it's better than nothing.
I do have to admit that the first time I did this, I was wearing nicely fitting jeans and the rappell was quite comfortable. Well fitting jeans form a "seat" or "harness" where the belt is then the base of that harness.
I was wearing BDU pants and had the belt well cinched. I hooked a biner to the hook-in point, threaded the figure 8, hooked onto the rope, and stepped to the edge.
The rappell belt worked just as well as any harness to that point, but as I went over the edge, the Belt slid halfway up to my chest, gave me a monster wedgie, and started putting pressure on my kidneys and my hip bones. The sucker bit into my flesh, leaving painful little red marks in the remnants of all them extra donuts I used to eat.
However, the belt held up just fine and after a few seconds, I was on the ground, cursing and trying to dig about a yard of fabric out of my azz. The belt works. It ain't comfortable, but it works. It makes a great safety belt, but a painful rappelling harness, and it's better than nothing.
I do have to admit that the first time I did this, I was wearing nicely fitting jeans and the rappell was quite comfortable. Well fitting jeans form a "seat" or "harness" where the belt is then the base of that harness.