Climbing harness Puns

Question for all you climbers here:

I'm interested in signing up at a local climbing gym soon and will probably be doing a fair bit of top-rope alongside some bouldering. I pass 100% now and don't pack since I find it distracting at the best of times, and I can't imagine that it'll be any more comfortable while climbing. However, I'm wary of not packing while wearing a harness, which tends to emphasize a bulge (and/or lack thereof).

Anyone have any advice on what to do here? I was thinking of maybe just wearing some looser, dark jeans and hope that nobody's staring at my crotch out of politeness. But, well... the state of one's downstairs is just so obvious in a climbing harness, lol.

EDIT: Y'all are great. Thanks for all the advice and encouragement!

I'm on the hunt for a new harness and really struggling to find one that ticks all of my boxes, so I figured that I'd ask if anyone has any good suggestions here!

Needs:

• Either a women's specific size range or a men's/unisex model that goes down to a 27" waist

• 2 ice clipper slots (I don't love the caritools that allow for use without them)

• Minimum 4 LARGE gear loops + the little back haul/tag line loop

• Reasonably comfortable and durable padding for multipitch, but not super heavy or clunky like an aid/big wall harness

• Adjustable leg loops (to accommodate lots of layers in the winter, or none in the summer)

Bonus wants:

• Gear loops that are somewhat inflexible for easy racking

• 5 gears loops

• 4 ice clipper slots

The Petzl Luna was a strong contender until I realized that the new iteration doesn't have ice clipper slots anymore. Edelrid Sendero was as well, but the smallest size doesn't go small enough. If anyone has suggestions to look into it would be amazing!

Edit: format

The Gear Deals page has been updated. (https://www.meetup.com/socalclimbing/pages/28416832/Gear_Deals/) Highlights include: $128 70 m rope, $120 60 m rope, as well a $80 grigri, $50 approach shoes, $50 helmet, $40 harness, $15 headlamp, $14 quickdraw, and an $13 autolocking belay carabiner.

[Group Sponsor] Plus, these maps from Climb-On Maps speed up the process of finding the best walls and then navigating to them so you can maximize your climbing time. Get 20% off at checkout with discount code "socal2021". Links: Climb-On Jtree and Climb-On Red Rock [/Sponsor]

More highlights:

• $199 Patagonia Nano Puff
• $150 Crash Pad
• $99 Patagonia Houdini
• $90 Totem Cam
• $65 Hangboard
• $60 Climbing Backpack
• Brake-assist devices allowing 2 strand rappel: $45 Mega Jul, $53 Giga Jul, $100 Alpine-Up
• $52 Climbing Shoes
• $50 BD Pilot
• $45 Mammut Smart
• $38 Personal Anchoring Sling
• $30 Rope Bag
• $14 Liquid Chalk
• $14 Chalk Bag
• $12 Screwgate Belay Carabiner (HMS)
• $9 Locking Carabiner
• $2 Chalk

Anyone have any ideas on how to minimize the bulge when rock climbing? For the most part it’s fine until I get lowered from the wall and then boom my package is all there. I’m already visibly trans so it’s not like I’m trying to pass or anything, it just makes me uncomfortable to have it so out there.

Clearing out some gear that isn't being used anymore. All prices include shipping CONUS, add 3% PayPal G&S please and thanks. My scale broke but I do have some of the weights on a spreadsheet that I have- yes, I keep track cause I'm a nerd.

• Sierra Designs Tensegrity 1 FL pics and verification single wall shelter, kind of a tent, kind of a tarp? Super roomy 1p shelter with a unique design. Sets up with hiking poles (not included). Comes with everything it originally came with, minus the big tag on the outside of the tent bag that I cut off- sacks, 1 hoop foot pole, 9 DAC V-stakes, and ask guylines. Weighs 37.7oz complete. I've used this tent maybe a dozen times, selling because I have a godzillion tents, including a Tensegrity 1 Elite that I also have and I use that more often cause it's ~6oz lighter. Asking $120.

•REI Minimalist bivy pics and verification , bivy sack with unique zipper system so you can unzip slightly to make arm holes to do whatever you need to do without getting out of your bed. Mesh panel over the face & shoulder area, top is ripstop nylon, bottom is coated nylon. I've only used this a few times and only in snow and snow caves. 88"×32", 64" at the shoulders. A sleeping pad fits in the bag, mummy shaped ones fit better than rectangular but both work. Weighs 15.6oz complete. Selling because I have tarp and bivy systems that weigh as much as this does alone so it has been sitting, waiting to be used by someone. Asking $50

•Sierra Designs Wild Bill Climashield HL 4.5 20°F sleeping bag pics and verification regular length, left zip. Has sleeping pad straps, a clever pillow pocket on the back of the hood, and a chest pocket. Synthetic sleeping bag, I've had this since 2007 or 2008 and used it on dozens of hikes, trips, and car camping scenarios, but I haven't used it in over 10 years now, it's been a loaner and knock-around bag for a long time. Clean, no stank. Always stored in a cotton storage bag. Heavy and bulky, weighs 3lb 9oz, and it probably isn't a 20°F bag anymore, maybe 30-40°F. A good bag for beginner hikers, car campers, or a good loaner bag. Selling because I have a godzillion sleeping bags and quilts and this just doesn't get the love it deserves. I don't have the original stuff sack but I have an old crappy one I'll include with the bag and ship it in. Asking $60.

• La Sportiva UltraRaptor Mid GTX men's 9½ [pics and verifica

Weird question but I've been climbing a while and feel super self conscious about my lack of bulge so I want to start packing with it, but I'm just not super sure how to place my packer and can't really figure it out from looking at cis climbers. I have a packing harness and a jockstrap if either of those would help.

For context i’m nearly 16, 5’8ish and around 155 pounds, and i think i pass fairly well. So i’m looking at doing a high ropes course in a few weeks time, and something that would make me super dysphoric is not having the typical bulge you see. I have a 5” pierre packer and it looks normal (in mine and my friends opinion) but i’m worried it’s going to look weird or dislodge or something. Any advice or experiences are welcome :)

Does anyone have advice for how to avoid a bulge in a climbing harness as much as possible? I pass pretty well and while I'm out to the people I climb with, but it's humiliating and dysphoric to have a bulge in my harness.

Does anyone know where to buy climbing harness hardware/components? Specifically I am looking info on the buckles (the double back sort used by BD, Petzl, etc) and the 3/4" webbing used.

I have found plenty of sources for regular tubular nylon, but this seems different than what I've seen in my harnesses. Thank youl

I watched this movie on TV and in the movie theater when I was a kid in the 1980's. So I'm going to assume it was made in the 80's.

I only remember this particular scene:

In a waterfall setting, a man has a netting over his back with a lot of medieval gear in it. He sees another man. I don't know remember the dialogue.

I know that the other man cut off the netting off his back so all his gear drops in the water. The man that lost all his gear starts crying.

If anyone mentions the name of the movie, I won't be able to confirm it since I don't even have an inkling of the name of the movie. But I would be able to do some research and see which movie it was.

I don't know why but this scene is tattooed in my brain and I finally just want to find out what movie this is.

I am not only blessed with a large penis, but my balls are also quite enormous. Like almost the size of a tennis ball kind of big. This results in many looks whenever I wear a climbing harness. I love to do treetop climbing courses, and I have been to them with school and family quite some times. Every time I wear one I can't help but notice how much bigger my bulge is than everybodies else's. Ngl, I find it kind of hot when girls are looking. But the thing is that my family and classmates see that same bulge when I wear a climbing harness and thinking about that makes me die of shame. How do I cope with this? Should I try to hide it, or should I just own it? And for the girls lurking on here, what do you think when you see a bulge that large?

I posted earlier, but to be more specific, does anyone know where I can buy load rated buckles of this sort? This is a BD one I cut from a harness, but that's not the best way to buy them lol.

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Black Diamond Solution Harness - Women's XS. Black and octane (reddish orange) color. Never used, NWT. Literally just delivered from REI last night as you can see from the tracking. Just a tad too small.

$50 (retails for $75) - PayPal F&F or add 3% for G&S. Will include shipping. Or pickup and cash near Boulder, CO.

Pics here

Update: took the harness out for a spin today and belaying was actually a breeze, even lowering my husband who weighs 50lbs more than me wasn’t that bad. Getting lowered on the other hand kind of really sucks.

Hi all, I'm almost 20 weeks and thinking I need to switch to the full-body harness now. I have a really short torso so my uterus is already at my belly button, and my old harness definitely sits on it.

For anybody who climbed late into pregnancy, were you able to lead belay with the full body harness? I've been lead belaying my husband thus far, but only on climbs he will absolutely not fall on. If it's just us going climbing, I need to belay him to set up the top rope anyway.

Thanks in advance!

I know that there is a really similar post on here about returning a climbing harness, but I just bought a harness yesterday, have never worn it except to try it on, and I want to exchange it for a larger size. It has all the tags on it and I literally never used it. Will REI have to destroy it if I return? Or should I just try to sell it to one of my friends? I would feel awful to return something brand new just for it to get destroyed but I literally haven't used it at all so I feel like they shouldn't have to..

I'm going to attempt some climbing. It appears the 5 point systems might work the best because it grips around the leg and waist and then rides up the middle of the chest. The one I found was 500.00$$ !!! At my local REI they don't have any 5-point harnesses. Any ideas?

https://imgur.com/a/1GihoiK

$50 shipped to CONUS

Harness has been used for one glacier climb (Rainier). No hard falls or other shock loading. Excellent condition. Adjustable leg loops, drop seat, gear loops.

Ok so let's start easy.

I'm fat. It sucks but I'm working on that. Lost 120 lbs thus far, still got 100 more to go. However in the program i am in, everyone says do something you enjoy. I do walking and hiking and sometimes jog while watching baking shows (because im a masochist i guess), but i want more.

Well, when i was a preteen (yup, a fat preteen mind you), i went to day camp for a few weeks and enjoyed rock and climbing wall climbing and i looooved combat climbing and repelling.

I would like to pick this activity up again but i am shy of performing stuff in public, going out of my way to be noticed, and in general fear making a big ole fool of myself. However i really want to get back into good habits. There is a local indoor climbing wall, but i am a bit nervous about trying anything with yee auld Covid going on.

My main question is this. Is there a weight limit to climbing walls? should i be concerned about people watching/mocking me? and should i give fair warning to my spotter on the harness that they might throw their back out working with me?

Also for reference: 243 lbs. im thinking too heavy?

Whoopsie-do! Second edit.

5'8" 243 lbs. If its any small marginal victory, i am now out of the "morbidly obese" range and just fucking obese now, xD.

I don't think he grasps the gravity of the situation.

The SoCal Climbing Gear Deals page has been updated for September. Highlights include: Ropes: $115 70 m, $101 60 m, $82 40 m, as well as $81 grigri, $50 approach shoes, $37 helmet, $27 harness, $15 headlamp, $10 quickdraw.

[Group Sponsor] Plus, these maps from Climb-On Maps speed up the process of finding the best walls and then navigating to them so you can maximize your climbing time. Get 20% off at checkout with discount code "socal2021". Links: Climb-On Jtree and Climb-On Red Rock [/Sponsor]

More highlights:

• Brake-assist devices to rap off both strands: $100 Alpine-Up, $53 Giga Jul, $32 Mega Jul (graphic)
• $112 Crash Pad
• $90 Totem Cam
• $63 Climbing Shoes
• $48 Belay Glasses
• $45 Mammut Smart
• $40 Edelrid Jul 2
• $40 Training Holds
• $40 Climbing Backpack
• $34 BD Pilot
• $30 Rope Bag
• $30 Personal Anchoring Sling
• $23 Magnetron Belay Carabiner (HMS)
• $13 Autolocking Belay Carabiner (HMS)
• $10 Screwgate Belay Carabiner (HMS)
• $10 Chalk Bag
• $9 Locking Carabiner
• $2 Chalk