Triad
harness
Speleo harness
Chest harness
Our Speleo and Triad harnesses are made specifically for caving. They are
designed with low attachment points to facilitate prusiking with the "Frog
technique", though the attachment points are not as low as some European harnesses,
which can feel very unstable when abseiling.
Both harnesses have removable waist straps to increase the fitting options
(women may find that a smaller size waist strap gives the best fit), and both
include a small webbing strap between the leg loops which is used for hanging
the pack when abseiling or prusiking. This also reduces pressure on the leg
loops, making the harness more comfortable.
The Speleo and Triad are made to the usual Aspiring standard. They are
reinforced at wear areas - the attachment points and under the leg straps
- to prolong the harness's life. Both are reasonably lightweight. As they are fully adjustable, there is some overlap in the fit of the
different sizes. See the harness Sizing Table
for size fitting.
The Triad harness is designed around
having a single webbing attachment point. Ascenders, cowstails, and descender
are attached where the webbing is re-inforced at this point. The hanging
position is low enough to enable efficient frog technique, and high enough
to be stable when abseiling.
The Triad harness can be supplied with fixed cowstails stitched to
the harness on request, to minimise karabiner requirements.
The harness is available in three sizes, - small, medium, and large, with interchangeable waist straps. The standard colour is black.
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The Speleo harness is a European style harness which
is closed by a large D maillon rapide at the front, to which the other parts
of the SRT kit are attached. Otherwise, the design is the same as the Triad
harness. The chest ascender can be attached directly to the D-shape maillon
rapide, ensuring more efficient prusiking with the Frog technique.
The other advantage of this design is that the harness is easy to put
on, as once adjusted to fit the user, the buckles do not need to be touched.
The D-shape steel maillon rapide can be supplied with the harness.
Also available in three sizes - small, mwedium, and large. The standard colour is black.
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An essential part of any SRT kit, our cavers' chest
harness is adjustable and lightweight. Put on like a jersey, it is easily
attached by means of a small loop and accessory maillon rapide to the chest
ascender. This chest harness complements our two caving harnesses perfectly.
Available in three sizes - small, medium, and large. |
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| Chest harnesses used in caving have the job of holding the chest
ascender tightly on the chest. They are not part of the safety system and
do not have to be very strong. Our chest harness uses plastic buckles to
keep the weight down. |
Note: Caving harnesses are designed to be effective for prusiking
with the frog technique, which works best with a low attachment point. Therefore
a caving harness must not be used for climbing, as the low attachment will
cause tipping back in a fall, leading to a likelihood of head injuries.
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1 April 2006.
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