Rope Chest Harness Suspension

Start with a gote shibari but instead of tying the rope twice around your partner s upper chest go three times around.

Rope chest harness suspension. To clarify the medical evidence relating to harness suspension the uk health and safety executive commissioned an evidence based. Keep the line away from the neck since you need space for other lines later. It can cause stroke coronary or even death. This variation is intended to be loaded from the front or side.

The classic partial suspension position is to have the person balancing on one foot with part of their weight supported through a chest harness and the other leg pulled up in some direction. Simplified chest harness this is an absolutely simplified version of the chest harness i use for self suspension. A person lying on their upper back with. You may need to tie the first set of shoulder lines a little tighter than feels normal in order to get even tension at the end.

This creates a nice suppo. This weave will only work one way so ensure it looks like the picture above. The possibility of a fall into rope protection and subsequent suspension exists in some industrial situations. It s fairly common when tying this to discover upon tensioning the second set of shoulder ropes that the original shoulder lines become too lose.

This classic chest harness known and practiced by riggers throughout the world is simple secure and when applied properly can be used for suspension. It is based on classic shinju chest harnesses which are widely taught with numerous variations. In suspensions if the hard point lets go or the ropes break or some other unexpected thing happens that causes the bottom to fall they could get something wrenched out of joint break a limb strike their head or possibly even freaking die. All the tying is done in the front which leaves two flat bands laying against your back.

The action to take for the first aid management of rescued victims has not been clear with some authors advising against standard first aid practices. Somerville bowline this forward tension single column tie requires no tail pulls and can be applied when the trailing end is already attached to something. This is the chest tie i recommend using in combination with a hip harness when first learning to suspend. Learn how to make this tie star harness with arms.

This will give you enough horizontal ropes to weave the rope through and create weaved flowers as a decorative twist to the simple chest harness. Weave the running end over and under the chest wraps as shown above. A blood clot in the blood stream is no joke.