Tying your own personal harness can be very important for many things in the sport of kayaking and in many other ways as well. Tying your own harness can be important for rappelling, taking photo/video, or even for scouting a drop where you want to lean over a cliff edge safely. Tying your own harness is very simple and safe when done right.
The first step of tying a harness is to make an overhand knot in your piece of webbing.
Next take the rope and make an overhand knot on a bite. The key to do this is to make it big enough to slide on your leg but not too large that it is loose.
Tie another overhand knot on a bite the same size as the first one about a fist length away.
Now slide the harness onto your legs and do the rest standing up to prevent the harness from being too tight.
Take the long end of the webbing and wrap it around your waist once. make sure it wrapped above your hips because otherwise the harness will fall off.
Next wrap the end through the piece of webbing connecting the two leg loops and around your waist again.
Repeat at least three or four times. The key to this is making them relatively tight so you are secure.
Take the two ends of rope and connect them together using a water knot. Again it is important to make them tight but not uncomfortable. If need be you can always get someone else to help you.
Now you have a fully functional harness. When attaching to the harness make sure to clip through both loops to ensure safety.
The first step of tying a harness is to make an overhand knot in your piece of webbing.
Next take the rope and make an overhand knot on a bite. The key to do this is to make it big enough to slide on your leg but not too large that it is loose.
Tie another overhand knot on a bite the same size as the first one about a fist length away.
Now slide the harness onto your legs and do the rest standing up to prevent the harness from being too tight.
Take the long end of the webbing and wrap it around your waist once. make sure it wrapped above your hips because otherwise the harness will fall off.
Next wrap the end through the piece of webbing connecting the two leg loops and around your waist again.
Repeat at least three or four times. The key to this is making them relatively tight so you are secure.
Take the two ends of rope and connect them together using a water knot. Again it is important to make them tight but not uncomfortable. If need be you can always get someone else to help you.
Now you have a fully functional harness. When attaching to the harness make sure to clip through both loops to ensure safety.
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