Best Chest Rig / Harness for Rope Solo (TR or Lead) 

NOTE: the chest rig is NEVER in a safety use but only as a way to keep the system working properly. If it unclips, it will never be life threatening in an immediate way. Makes sense?

Thanks for the video! I’ve been struggling to get the chest harness high enough and comfortable. I ended up doing the double wrap method on both sides, because the extra loop on the other side was not enough. A lot of loops to get through the carabiner. 😂

The chest rig for TRS and LRS doesnt need to bear any weight. In fact id say its safer if its made out of something weak. Just take some thin cord or bungee and adjust the length till you get the height you desire. Saves money, hassle, is safer and is adjustable to any height you desire.

nobody is making these videos!! very good man!! thanks Can you show a video doing the chest harness with the 120cm slings which are even more common to have??

Thank you Yann. There is a trick to avoid ( as much as possible ) the "hanging" effect in such system. If you first tie up the slings to each other with a kind of reef knot or so - on the back side - then put the harness on and tie your carabiner hitch on the chest it will help this carabiner not to slide much high when it is pulled in up direction.

LRS and TRS are getting popular quick. After 30 years of exerimental mistakes i count my blessings. Take nothing for granted. Thinking you know what you don't is an actual disorder. Take the Bliss classes, Yann really has written the book on this

I kinda understand the reasoning behind using 2 60 cm slings 'they're always there anyways', but when I rope solo I bring a bunch of stuff I'd otherwise leave at home. One designated sling is no great addditional weight. After a bunch of testing I've settled on a single sling made out of thick nylon webbing finished with a beer knot. MUCH more comfy than thin dyneema and the beer knot allows you to adjust it to the right length without having to resort to tying knots. I also only make an 'X' in the back and have bights of the webbing meet a my chest. That helps the carabiner stay flat which in turn keeps my device (Soloist) in its proper orientation, plus it keeps the sling further from your neck which in turn reduces chafing.

Thanks for your help

Thanks for this!

Negatives of using something breakable like thin cord or bungee? I feel like it could help mitigate the risk of getting hung up on something.....

Great vid. I always use a locking biner for any device, either my main one or the back up, there is something in my head that screams against a back up with a non locking biner. Back ups are for that moment when everything else fails, in that moment i want to see a locking biner holding my system. Personally I use a multichain, so I have the different heights already set. The rest of the multichain goes over my shoulder and I clip it to a maillon rapide that I have in my rope hauling ring, since I always have the multichain attached to my harness. Having the multichain with a locking biner attached to the hauling loop make clipping and unclipping far more easy, and all the rings in the multichain are full strength, in case the mum all fuck ups were to happen I still have the strongest of the back ups. Thank you for all your efforts and for the knowledge you share with the rest of us

If i was an experienced climber, i wouldn't need this video. i do climb ladders in mines and thought this might be a nice safety feature, chest to rope with say and rollnlock. but heck if i don't really understand this video.

I'm probably too short (172cm), 60mm slings end up under my belly button I haven't tried making it shorter yet but it seems like only option number 4 or 5 might work

Hello from Canada Yann! I love your videos thank you very much! I aid LRS with a gri gri and I keep it upright using my metolius big wall gear sling ( the one with the little backpack at the back) I am pretty happy with the functionality of my system but I am looking to find a way to secure my back from folding backwards when I take hard falls. In a normal climbing scenario (2people) a regular harness and a chest harness would work perfectly! I wonder if you have any suggestions to achieve the same results with a LRS set up! Thanks a lot! (let me know if you come to Squamish Canada!!!) Leo

Accept the risk "yes" 😆😆😆.

any reason not the petzl torse for all systems?

You seem to be mixing up clove hitches and girth hitches. Which are you using where or are you just using clove hitches all around?

Why can't you just clip a microtraxion to your harness belay loop?

So test it now🤷

Here is a logical question......instead of being cheap with your material, buy a chest harness that is specifically designed for that use?.........this line of teaching in this video will get novice climbers who are on a budget killed.......