| In recent years, trees have become a rare sight | | | | legs etc. It not only provides safety but comfort |
| in big cities as well as commercial and residential | | | | and ease in climbing too. It must be made sure |
| areas. Due to this lack of greenery and trees | | | | that the ropes used with the harness are tree |
| around, the citizens have developed a certain | | | | climbing ropes and not the mountain climbing ones |
| affection and love for trees. Children as well as | | | | that have the ability to stretch. |
| adults now want to spend more time in forests | | | | Usually, harnesses are of three main types. The |
| and wildlife camps where trees are present in | | | | first type of harness is called the sit string |
| abundance. People do not only admire the beauty | | | | harness. It is the most widely used climbing |
| of trees from the ground below but indulge | | | | harness as it provides a great deal of movement |
| themselves in a danger filled activity of tree | | | | while ensuring proper safety of the climber. It |
| climbing. | | | | usually consists of a waist belt and two leg loops |
| In recent years, many countries have seen a rise | | | | that are attached together in the back over the |
| in tree climbing sports. Other than a competitive | | | | hips. This attachment is called a belay loop. It can |
| activity, tree climbing has become a healthy | | | | be sometimes quite painful if the harness is even |
| recreation for most people. Yet, it is not without | | | | a little misfit as all the weight and pressure is |
| danger and risk. Some countries have outlawed | | | | applied to the groin and upper thigh area through |
| tree climbing given to the sheer risky nature of | | | | the belay and leg loops. |
| this recreational hobby. | | | | The chest harness is another type of harness |
| That is why it is strictly advised to make use of | | | | worn by climbers. It is designed to be worn |
| safety gear while tree climbing and it should not | | | | around the shoulders which is why it is used in |
| be taken lightly. The front line safety equipment in | | | | combination with the sit harness. By combining |
| tree climbing is a harness or as some may call it, | | | | both the harnesses, the weight load of the |
| a saddle. The height of some trees can reach | | | | climber is evenly distributed and support is |
| many hundreds of feet. A fall from such height | | | | provided to both the lower and upper parts of |
| can prove fatal. Safety harness should therefore | | | | the body. |
| strictly be made part of the tree climbing gear in | | | | The third kind of harness is the safest harness |
| combination with other safety equipment. | | | | available to the climber. It is a full body harness. |
| The harness is not a single equipment but it is a | | | | This type of harness is formed by permanently |
| system of different components working | | | | attaching the sit string harness and chest harness |
| together to ensure your safety. The main | | | | together. It is widely used by children while |
| component is a fabricated jacket type hardware | | | | climbing for better comfort and safety. |
| that you may wear around your waist, chest, | | | | |