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By John McNamee
Administrator
From Littleton, CO
Apr 7, 2008
Pitch 7

Anyone tried this out yet?

Thanks.

John
By John Simpson
From Golden, CO
May 5, 2008

Here is a review (kinda) from bigwalls.net:

http://www.bigwalls.com/forum2/index.php?PHPSESSID=bca5374cb>>>>>

Hope it helps,

John
By John McNamee
Administrator
From Littleton, CO
May 5, 2008
Pitch 7

thanks for the link
By Avery Nelson
From Boulder, CO
May 5, 2008
Avery, 300' up Japanese Coulior

John McNamee wrote:
thanks for the link


johnmac -- always curteous!
By SAL
From broomdigiddy
May 5, 2008
great white throne as seen from moonlight buttress.

THE BOMB!!!!

Super cozy. Light. lots of molded gear loops. Hammer sling.
Color coded double belay loops.Removable leg loops for the cozy bivy. What else could you want??
Compared to the yates this is far superior in my opinion. Its lighter. All buckles are like standard harnesses. I found the Yates to be a little confusing at first. Its a nice harness. Not too bad of a price either. THis thing will hold up for a LONG TIME!
Cheers
SAL
By 5.10b4me
From Alhambra, California
May 6, 2008
on the Kor-Ingalls

SAL wrote:
THE BOMB!!!! Super cozy. Light. lots of molded gear loops. Hammer sling. Color coded double belay loops.Removable leg loops for the cozy bivy. What else could you want?? Compared to the yates this is far superior in my opinion. Its lighter. All buckles are like standard harnesses. I found the Yates to be a little confusing at first. Its a nice harness. Not too bad of a price either. THis thing will hold up for a LONG TIME! Cheers SAL


I agree
By John Simpson
From Golden, CO
May 6, 2008

I feel like an idiot... same person on both sites... oh well. haha
By Jeremy Cleaveland
Jun 12, 2008

I have a friend that just got one, and it looks really nice. He will use it mainly for facilitating rappelling and high ropes though, not big wall.
By Michelle Kemmer
From Thousand Oaks, CA
Jun 13, 2008
Pitch 2 of Olive Oil (5.7), Red Rock Canyon, NV

I just got one...tried it at Suicide last weekend and really loved it! It's super comfortable!! Not sure about the double belay loop thing - it sounded like a neat idea but I didn't actually use the loops separately.

One item of note - the webbing seemed to be slipping ever so slightly through one of my leg loop buckles. Every morning I had to tighten it up again and I never had to do that with my old Misty Mtn harness.
By kevinhansen
From Kanab UTAH
Jun 15, 2008

Michelle Kemmer wrote:
I just got one...tried it at Suicide last weekend and really loved it! It's super comfortable!! Not sure about the double belay loop thing - it sounded like a neat idea but I didn't actually use the loops separately. One item of note - the webbing seemed to be slipping ever so slightly through one of my leg loop buckles. Every morning I had to tighten it up again and I never had to do that with my old Misty Mtn harness.


I too just bought mine (2 days ago). Have not taken it out yet. But I did sit in a Metolus "Waldo" and compared it to this BD Big Gun. The Waldo was comfier for sure. This Big Gun is like a puffed up sport harness. The reason why I went with the Big Gun was the 7 gear loops, lighter, and easier to free climb in. I'd a chose the Waldo if I was setting routes in a gym, eternal belaying on a wall, or drilling a route. BUT because I solo on most big walls I climb, I'm not hanging around much. I also want to eliminate the desire to sit around, I'd rather Keep moving.
More solid review after I take it up something in Zion.
Need a partner? I live 1 hour from Zion. Send me an email.
kevin_likes_to_climb_much@hotmail.com

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