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Backing up your belay loop 12-Jan-2007 At 11:30:21 AM kezza

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On 12/01/2007 nmonteith wrote:
>As a money savign exercise paying $10 for a bit of spectra to back up my
>worn belay loop is vastly cheaper than a new harness every 12 months or so.

Understandable Neil, but backing up a new belay loop? Or one that is in fair condition?

Would anyone back up a brand new belay loop? The craziness of it all! At what point do you back it up? Sounds like your playing with fire to me.. A bit of a hit or miss exercise, and the miss tends to end in tears.
By backing up your belay loop, you are trusting yourself to correctly attatch said backup, over the manufacturer's ability to design a super dooper strong belay loop?
Seems if it is backed up, more climbers will be using there harness to a point of failure and relying on one's untested home made belay loop!
Harnesses aren't exactly a super expensive piece of gear when it comes down to living for another day of climbing.