before i fucked my back up i owned a tree service. i miss climbing, and i can still hike my ass up a tree, but i am unable to put myself in the awkward positions. my son, who just turned 8, wants me to build him a ninja warrior course. i live in a small shitty row house, and we just don't have the room. so my thought was a climbing saddle for him.
the problem is all of the saddles seem to be rock climbing saddles. i don't know shit about rock climbing gear (the saddles anyway. 95% of the other stuff is the same.) i'm pretty sure we have some rock climbers here on the hide. would these saddles hold up in a tree? they seem pretty flimsy. he's only 8, so he wont be tearing it up too much.
so far these are the ones that come up right away on a search.
https://www.petzl.com/US/en/Sport/Harnesses/MACCHU
https://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/en_US/climbing-harnesses/wiz-kid-BD651071_cfg.html#start=1
any other suggestions?
i have the biners, straps, slings, pulleys, etc. i'm going to get him 7/16" climbing line to fit his hands better than the 1/2".
the problem is all of the saddles seem to be rock climbing saddles. i don't know shit about rock climbing gear (the saddles anyway. 95% of the other stuff is the same.) i'm pretty sure we have some rock climbers here on the hide. would these saddles hold up in a tree? they seem pretty flimsy. he's only 8, so he wont be tearing it up too much.
so far these are the ones that come up right away on a search.
https://www.petzl.com/US/en/Sport/Harnesses/MACCHU
https://www.blackdiamondequipment.com/en_US/climbing-harnesses/wiz-kid-BD651071_cfg.html#start=1
any other suggestions?
i have the biners, straps, slings, pulleys, etc. i'm going to get him 7/16" climbing line to fit his hands better than the 1/2".