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Todd Skinner - Dies on Leaning Tower Yosemite 27-Oct-2006 At 11:05:11 AM IdratherbeclimbingM9

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Breezy wrote;
>There was no belya loop on the harness when they found him, kinda suggests it broke, no ?

Not necessarily.
My BD 'alpine bod' harness does not have a belay loop.
That is how I bought it, though I don't know if that is still the case with newer models.

nm wrote;
>Good advice. I have a permanently fixed backup to my belay loop.
Rod wrote;
>Do you back up the belay loop when belaying?

I clip the legloops and waistloop of the harness together with a large 'D' krab. The very first thing I did was to tie in a spectra cord loop as a backup to this dedicated krab. This loop matches exactly the size of the krab. Both remain permanently on the harness.

I connect my belay/abseil device with it's own dedicated krab into both the above mentioned krab/spectra loop combo.
I have not had any problems with three way loading and the redundancy is always there.
During abseils I (usually) backup the brake hand with a prussic connected to the legloop.
From this end of the gear involvement, my harness would have to fail in several places simultaneously for an abseil to go pear shaped.