Tower Climbing Safety

[K1JJ]

Don,

You will need a ring on the front center waist area for the gorilla hook. My belt pulls the two side buckles into one at the center where I use a beaner to attach the shortie gorilla.  The gorilla also doubles as a fast emergency fastener.  I got the idea from some pro climbers who use it for all climbing and operations.

Mike's suggested padded climbing belt link looks really FB. Looks very comfortable. Unless the picture doesn't show them, I see no center belt or chest D rings. I think you will find them valuable for tower climbing.

On a tower, try my test with a lanyard attached to the back D ring vs: front chest ring. With the lanyard attached to the tower above your head, does the back attachment method slam your face into the tower when you drop or is it my imagination?  Logically it seems like it would since gravity wants you to hang "inside" the tower when attached to the back ring.

I'm cutting hairs, but these are some details I've found over time.

T