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The Hasty Webbing Harness

 
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Structure: The Hasty Webbing Harness enables a temporary lifting harness seat to be constructed from a piece of webbing strapping.

Technique: Approximately twenty feet of webbing strap is required. The loop which is initially tucked into the wasteband should be about six inches away from the center. This means that the final knot will be tied above one hip. For security the square (reef) knot must be backed up with a pair of half hitches either side of the square (reef) knot.

Improvements: I am indebted to Boyd Hoyle for these suggestions: first, avoid the reef knot. Reef knots have no place in safety applications. Use a water knot instead and still back it up with two half hitches either side; second: tie it off in additional locations, e.g., round each leg and round the waist. This means that if one piece of the webbing is cut, the entire harness doesn't fail.




Disclaimer: Any activity that involves ropes is potentially hazardous. Lives may be at risk - possibly your own. Considerable attention and effort have been made to ensure that these descriptions are accurate. However, many critical factors cannot be controlled, including: the choice of materials; the age, size, and condition of ropes; and the accuracy with which these descriptions have been followed. For this reason no responsibility is accepted for incidents arising from the use of this material.

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Small Title Updated:
October 3rd 2007