- Location
- Ontario, Canada
(Sorry I don't have a photo to go with this idea... though I've added one of a Versatile harness for refference. I own the older version which only has 5 eyes instead of 7, which seems to accomodate the idea better than this version.)
I thought this might work: I've taken a short piece of KM3 and tied it to my Versatile harness bridge the same way as can be done to a Butterfly or a TreeMotion via the closest eye loops to my thighs, feeding the rope through the eyes and tying a stopper knot afterwards. There is no chance of the stopper knots pulling through the eyes, making this seemingly safe to climb on and by using the inward-most eyes as the attachment points the load is displaced virtually indentically to the origional design function of the harness. This is a handy sounding idea, though I've yet to try it out since I thought I'd get some opinions here first. The advantage of this setup would be the smooth action of a rope bridge with the added ability to still use the origional bridge (as it's obviously still there as well) allowing the climber to use the existing three eyes as attachment options when a fixed point is desired.
My main concern is, "will the slight directional change in pull on the eyes compromise it's stitching?" The difference between a carabiner attached throught the eye with the climber suspended as opposed to the carabiner being hooked to the rope, and the rope being tied through the eye is very minimal in my mind.
Thoughts?
I thought this might work: I've taken a short piece of KM3 and tied it to my Versatile harness bridge the same way as can be done to a Butterfly or a TreeMotion via the closest eye loops to my thighs, feeding the rope through the eyes and tying a stopper knot afterwards. There is no chance of the stopper knots pulling through the eyes, making this seemingly safe to climb on and by using the inward-most eyes as the attachment points the load is displaced virtually indentically to the origional design function of the harness. This is a handy sounding idea, though I've yet to try it out since I thought I'd get some opinions here first. The advantage of this setup would be the smooth action of a rope bridge with the added ability to still use the origional bridge (as it's obviously still there as well) allowing the climber to use the existing three eyes as attachment options when a fixed point is desired.
My main concern is, "will the slight directional change in pull on the eyes compromise it's stitching?" The difference between a carabiner attached throught the eye with the climber suspended as opposed to the carabiner being hooked to the rope, and the rope being tied through the eye is very minimal in my mind.
Thoughts?
