"Boo" <boo@spam_me_no_spam.net> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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I'd question this as well. Especially as many climbers prefer to wrap the hipbelt around the back of the pack to very deliberately keep it out of the way when they're doing technical stuff up steep ice! I was actually told this may well be preferable by a Glenmore Lodge instructor on a winter skills weekend.
I'm interested to know the reasoning behind this ?
"Boo" <boo@spam_me_no_spam.net> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
Quoted message said:
Quoted message said:
I'd question this as well. Especially as many climbers prefer to wrap the hipbelt around the back of the pack to very deliberately keep it out of the way when they're doing technical stuff up steep ice! I was actually told this may well be preferable by a Glenmore Lodge instructor on a winter skills weekend.
I'm interested to know the reasoning behind this ?
-- Boo
Same reason that belted jackets and outside drawcords went out - they are quite easy to catch on small excrescences of rock and thus throw you off balance.
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Rifleman said:
Same reason that belted jackets and outside drawcords went out - they are quite easy to catch on small excrescences of rock and thus throw you off balance.