How A Sport Climbing Harness Is Made With Singing Rock | Climbing Daily Ep.1124

[@ericfrisard2060]

Great video ! I would have watch half an hour of that to see more details :) Always great to see how our climbing stuff are made. Thanks !

[@alexteoli3378]

Matt - 'If I ever come for you for a job, just say no' Jan - '(laughs) yeah absolutely!' Love it!

[@macht4turbo]

It was interesting, however a closer look in what goes into the design of a harness would have been really great. They all look quite the same, so the differences between them and the challenges a manufacturer faces in producing and designing them would have been cool to know about. The whole video had a rushed vibe to it, which was unfortunate. I imagine these companies do not want to show their trade secrets, but a little more insight would be nice.

[@starlightequestrian6729]

kaiman I used to work for Black Diamond Eqiupment for a number of years. The process and design of most of the products are actually a hughly guarded secret as you did mention. The rushed aspect may have been more of a 'this is all we can show you, let's move on.' On our production floor, employees could be fired if they were caught filming or taking pictures. So the fact that they had a camera here probably ment they could only show very little. Hope this helped. :)

[@ivankirchev7348]

I will find it really helpful. and life-saving if you can tell us when a harness is worn out.

[@johnw3736]

I’ve been wondering the same thing. Is there an industry standard? If you climb twice a week, taking falls frequently, will it last a year?

[@peakinbuffalo8296]

@@johnw3736 If you climb twice a week the industry standard is 1 - 2 years of lifespan. Because amount of wear can vary (if you scruff around a sharp wall all day your harness life span will logically be much shorter), there's usually safety indicators on your harness (mostly a brighter colored strain beneath the sheath on all loops and important points) that will show when to safely retire your harness. I personally climb 3-4x a week, and use (but not abuse) my gear for everything from sports- / multipitch- / trad- to mixed climbing. I usually burn through a quality harness in 12 months or less.

[@ed933]

I wonder what happened at ~7500N (9:02 in the video).. looks like something breaking or otherwise permanently/plastically deforming

[@ericy4522]

The stress points will be multiple stitched in multiple points for redundancy. That drop in the curve I'd guess was one group of the stitching giving out, but clearly the rest of the stitching & harness material held up fine. Not really a problem. Some fall energy absorbers even use the principle of progressive stitch tearing to reduce the fall shock loads on climbers, workers at height & safety equipment. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6fMmHRrZt9niJY

[@javierwolf4992]

¿Is there a way to see a video of the knot only being focus in the scene at 2.27?

[@zakyia]

What is the material they are using to stitch it?

[@robinw1312]

What a great video! Thanks for the insight, Matt!

[@samcoren8437]

Strange question but whats the funky music at the end of the vid?!

[@Synergy7Studios]

I love seeing how this stuff gets made. I've never heard of this manufacturer. Are they a newer European company?

[@MonoChromeo]

They've been around for quote a while now, but you're right, they're from Europe (Czech Republic). I don't think they sell their product elsewhere.

[@AdrianRel]

MonoChromeo They sell it to Romania for sure.

[@mukke76]

Taiwan and Hong Kong, for instance, are selling tons of Singing Rock gear.

[@dylangallagher1884]

18Kn! Dang that's impressive

[@Blackhuf]

Are other German viewers also reminded of "Sendung mit der Maus" here? :D

[@Mystheryman]

ein bisschen vielleicht ;D

[@samuelbuettner1214]

that dude is better at speaking my language than I am

[@conchosewing]

gotta love Singing Rock

[@LukeRockCimber]

concho sewing yeah I like their gear!

[@santiagosanz4157]

My guess is you'd probably break way before the harness does

[@andm6847]

am I the only one who thinks 18kN is not much? Most of th belay chain has 20 or 22kN (biners, rope, slings). The strength is expected to go down over time with wear and tear so I would have thought the harness belay loop starts with 50kN.

[@michaelforeman864]

Biners / ropes / slings may be responsible for holding more than 1 person's weight at a time. you've done something weird if you've got two climbers in one harness!

[@jankleisnielsen3670]

Generally you want the load to be handled by other parts of the belay chain, ofcause its a bit odd a biner specifically made for belay is rated 22kN, but maybe its to be on the safe side if you one day decide to use it as an anchor point ? Since the harness does not give, any load to the belay loop is also going to go through you, so even 10kN is going to be very unpleasant.

[@timkelleher1569]

Beyond 14kn to your harness, and you've shatered your hips or worse. Based on US military research. Might have that slightly off, so feel free to do some research on the subject on your own.

[@Deckzwabber]

You're right... I used to think that a belay loop should be at least 22 kN too and they sure look as strong as a 10 mm sling. But a harness should really see only half of that load, since it's sort of shared between climber and belayer.

[@sarahpreston4558]

Like a kid in a candy shop!

[@LukeRockCimber]

Sarah Preston wouldn’t you love to have them show you around like this!

[@MonoChromeo]

I "presume" there was a reason for the man to be rushed through his own factory?

[@starlightequestrian6729]

MonoChromeo Chances are they couldn't show much due to the R and D department and production floors are where many of the company secrets are. The editing may have seemed rushed, but it was probably more of 'we can't show more, let's move on.'

[@benja_mint]

@@starlightequestrian6729 i think he just spent the whole time waiting to see 'machines'

[@neach-brathaidh-fala]

Great video, as usual and as usual Matt shouldn't try to be funny.