THE SPORTSMAN’S TREE CLIMBERS

HOW TO USE SAFETY BELT

IN GENERAL THE CLIMBING BELT WITH SAFETY LANYARD should be used anytime you are climbing more than 5 feet off the ground.  On trees with many branches for hand holds, you may find it better to climb without the safety belt, using the three point climbing method until you reach the desired height. Whenever it is necessary to have both hands free, you should be locked in with the safety belt to minimize the potential of falling any distance.

Your CLIMBING BELT WITH SAFETY LANYARD is a body belt and web safety lanyard combined into one unit. The webbing is military spec 2500 lb. tensile strength, and all hardware is military spec parachute grade. 

THE BODY BELT IS NOT DESIGNED TO BE A LOAD BEARING BELT (see figures 7 & 8). The body belt is designed to position the web lanyard around your waist, and will fit waist sizes of 30” to 50”.Smaller or larger sizes should be special ordered.

THE SAFETY LANYARD is adjustable from 4’minimum to 7.5’ max length. Adjustment to the lanyard length is accomplished by sliding the slider buckle along the fixed length of lanyard.

THE SAFETY LANYARD IS DESIGNED TO BE THE LOAD BEARING UNIT by making a continuous loop from the D-ring to the SNAP HOOK around you and the tree (see figure #8). The safety lanyard when in use should always be as short as practical to minimize the potential falling distance.

LANYARD FORMS CONTINUOUS CIRCLE AROUND YOU AND THE TREE.

CAUTION: THE BODY (WAIST) BELT SHOULD ALWAYS BE ARRANGED TO BE INSIDE OF THE CONTINUOUS CIRCLE FORMED BY THE LANYARD AND THE SNAP HOOK ATTACHED TO THE D-RING.