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Friday, May 18, 2012
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Big Wall Climbing Harness Review
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Metolius Safe Tech Waldo
The Metolius Safe Tech Waldo is our current favorite big wall climbing harness. It is the most comfy harnesses we tested and is also ideal for rigging, course setting or any application where you are going to hang around a lot. This is the most popul...
$109
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Yates Shield Harness
The Yates Shield is the most burly big wall harness we tested. It is the harness you see many true modern Yosemite wall rats using. Everything about it – buckles, webbing, and padding – is stout. It has been put through the test on the hardest big wa...
$149
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78
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Black Diamond Big Gun
The Black Diamond Big Gun is a tricked-out big wall climbing harness with lots of extras: extra belay loop, extra gear loop, and multiple options for clipping gear to the back. It is supportive and comfortable without being too big or heavy.
$99
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Misty Mountain Titan Harness
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$140
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72
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Petzl Calidris
The Petzl Calidris is the most streamlined of all the big wall harnesses we tested. It is just about tied with the Black Diamond Big Gun for lightest big wall harness. We found it not as comfortable as the Big Gun but much more breatheable and suitab...
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