Ground crew suffering with neck problems?

It is hard on them looking up for sure. Maybe a Lazyboy recliner would help. You never know those glasses might get used. I think our work would need a bigger field of view than a belayer focusing on a climber. We need eyes in the back of our heads almost.
 
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Honestly, I'd be willing to give them a try. I had bulging disc issues a few years ago after a week of painting ceilings, so if someone is working on an ergonomic piece of gear to mitigate the effects of looking up for extended periods, my hat is off to them.

Since most groundsmen are multi tasking, rather than just standing in one spot looking up for extended periods, I don't know that these specs would particularly apply to our profession, but I can certainly see times when they'd come in handy.

Not having to look up would certainly help to keep falling sawdust and other foreign material from falling in your eyes.

I'm told that, years ago people thought throw balls, carabiners and prussiks were unnecessary gear and a waste of production time.
 
To be fair, it's one of those products I'd have to tryout in the work environment over a day. As I think about it, there is a transition in midstream from craning upward to working at eye level during which the hands are engaged in running the rope. Will this become an impediment leaving the user frustrated and opting not to use the specs? Belaying is steady upward viewing as the climber ascends, rigging work for us is constantly upwards and down, as well as, side to side.
 
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