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tansofun
Aug 15, 2007, 4:59 AM
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I've got a harness about 4years old that is a little frayed here and there, so its not going to see anymore use.
Rather than just throw it away, has anybody here ever cut up a harness and made something neat/useful out of it?
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climbsomething
Aug 15, 2007, 5:01 AM
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I think Neptune Mountaineering in Boulder has a spiffy bench made from harness waistbelts. You'll have to retire a few more harnesses for that, though.
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el_layclimber
Aug 15, 2007, 5:03 AM
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tansofun wrote: I've got a harness about 4years old that is a little frayed here and there, so its not going to see anymore use. Rather than just throw it away, has anybody here ever cut up a harness and made something neat/useful out of it?
Arcteryx (sp?) is giving people 25 dollar gift certificates for old harnesses in order to run tests on harness wear.
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flint
Aug 15, 2007, 5:04 AM
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I am sure you could find a place for it in your late night "workouts." Just no FF2 falls and everything should be fine.
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shimanilami
Aug 15, 2007, 5:08 AM
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I read that Arc-terryx (?) is doing a study on harness failure modes - i.e. they're taking used harnesses and pulling on them (with a steel manequin) until they break. If you can't figure anything else out, this is better than just tossing it in the trash.
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medicus
Aug 15, 2007, 5:20 AM
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eat it.
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majid_sabet
Aug 15, 2007, 6:01 AM
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tansofun wrote: I've got a harness about 4years old that is a little frayed here and there, so its not going to see anymore use. Rather than just throw it away, has anybody here ever cut up a harness and made something neat/useful out of it?
Send it to me, we got a 200 lbs dummy we can use it for a drop test. I will pay for shipping
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AZrockclimber1988
Aug 15, 2007, 6:16 AM
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majid_sabet wrote: tansofun wrote: I've got a harness about 4years old that is a little frayed here and there, so its not going to see anymore use. Rather than just throw it away, has anybody here ever cut up a harness and made something neat/useful out of it? Send it to me, we got a 200 lbs dummy we can use it for a drop test. I will pay for shipping
So you are going to get in the harness and drop test yourself. Make sure you tape and post it on youtube, and post a link.
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rogue10186
Aug 15, 2007, 1:25 PM
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If you climb trad you could possibly turn it into a decent gear sling. The Arc'teryx thing sounds like a good bang for your buck deal though.
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tansofun
Aug 15, 2007, 2:08 PM
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A gear sling is a good idea, cept the harness was bought before I had a desk job, XS size.
I think sending it in for testing may be the way to go. I don't think I can accurately answer all of the questions they had though.
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granite_grrl
Aug 15, 2007, 3:16 PM
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el_layclimber wrote: tansofun wrote: I've got a harness about 4years old that is a little frayed here and there, so its not going to see anymore use. Rather than just throw it away, has anybody here ever cut up a harness and made something neat/useful out of it? Arcteryx (sp?) is giving people 25 dollar gift certificates for old harnesses in order to run tests on harness wear.
Really? I wonder if they'd take a harness that had to be cut off me :P.
j/k - I think that my husband has a bunch of old harnesses that he's never gotten rid of. All Arcteryx too.
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wonderwoman
Aug 15, 2007, 3:52 PM
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el_layclimber wrote: Arcteryx (sp?) is giving people 25 dollar gift certificates for old harnesses in order to run tests on harness wear.
Has anyone done this yet? What's the turn around time on the gift certificate?
This is good timing. I am actually retiring my harness probably this week. First I noticed how fuzzy my leg loops and belay loops are getting, and last weekend mybelay loop started to creak on rappel. It's seen 4yrs of good climbing. Time for a new one!
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coastal_climber
Aug 16, 2007, 12:02 AM
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wonderwoman wrote: el_layclimber wrote: Arcteryx (sp?) is giving people 25 dollar gift certificates for old harnesses in order to run tests on harness wear. Has anyone done this yet? What's the turn around time on the gift certificate? This is good timing. I am actually retiring my harness probably this week. First I noticed how fuzzy my leg loops and belay loops are getting, and last weekend mybelay loop started to creak on rappel. It's seen 4yrs of good climbing. Time for a new one!
That's with a minimum order of $125.
>Cam
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summerprophet
Aug 16, 2007, 12:12 AM
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coastal_climber wrote: That's with a minimum order of $125. >Cam
Does arcteryx sell anything for less than $125?
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thomasribiere
Aug 16, 2007, 11:33 AM
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I don't know what are the forces involved in canyoneering, but maybe you could use it for this purpose (if you have any possiblity to do some canyons).
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microbarn
Aug 16, 2007, 12:40 PM
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pretty easy to change it into a sex sling
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tansofun
Aug 16, 2007, 2:46 PM
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summerprophet wrote: coastal_climber wrote: That's with a minimum order of $125. >Cam Does arcteryx sell anything for less than $125?
Chalk Bags
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Basta916
Aug 16, 2007, 4:55 PM
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you can burn it, and save money on shipping ....
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wonderwoman
Aug 16, 2007, 9:03 PM
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Basta916 wrote: you can burn it, and save money on shipping ....
That would be bad for the environment! It would probably melt and smell bad, too.
Besides, everyone knows you should compost your old harness!
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Basta916
Aug 17, 2007, 1:19 AM
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wonderwoman wrote: Basta916 wrote: you can burn it, and save money on shipping .... That would be bad for the environment! It would probably melt and smell bad, too. Besides, everyone knows you should compost your old harness!
but it helps a camp fire burn brighter
and he can keep the buckles as a souvenir
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scrambled_legs
Aug 23, 2007, 6:22 PM
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el_layclimber wrote: Arcteryx (sp?) is giving people 25 dollar gift certificates for old harnesses in order to run tests on harness wear.
If you live in Canada this deal is useless.
What the advertisement neglects to mention is that the $25 is only good on Arcteryx gear and they won't ship any Arcteryx to Canada!!!
So after spending a bunch of money to ship a harness that had a year or two of life in it, I'm now out the shipping expenses, have no backup harness and in return received a useless piece of paper that I used to light the fire with.
Not exactly a good way to promote the company to Canadians.
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crazy_fingers84
Aug 23, 2007, 6:39 PM
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Arc Teryx is a Canadian company. It seems kinda silly that they wouldn't ship products there.
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vegastradguy
Aug 23, 2007, 6:52 PM
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crazy_fingers84 wrote: Arc Teryx is a Canadian company. It seems kinda silly that they wouldn't ship products there.
well, the deal is from Mountain Gear, and they may not be able to ship arc'teryx to canada as part of their contract with Arc'teryx....
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