Hi there /r/climbing!
I was wondering if anyone knows what is available (if any) in regards to gear for plus-sized people, harnesses in particular.
My buddy has been climbing for quite a while and whenever he has shown me videos i have been thoroughly impressed, and last week we (a group of friends) went out to Kultur Fabrikken, which is the biggest multi-activity facility in Denmark, and watched him and some of the people he knows out there climb around, even some of our other friends climbed and had a lot of fun.
The issue is, i want to try it, but i am corporeally challenged (aka Fat) and the standard equipment wont fit me, some may say i could just start out in the boulder room which might work, but i would still like to be properly equipped, in this case it's footwear (i don't like the thought of climbing barefoot) my feet are size 46-47EU (13-14½ US) and quite wide, I've found up to size 16 but i still worry about them being too narrow (i have to buy "skater" shoes normally since they aren't as narrow)
Looks like i elegantly danced right past the fat thing, i'm a male who's 1.85m high (~6ft) and 225kg (496lbs)
i haven't found harnesses or anything for larger people so far, i might be using the wrong search parameters but i doubt it
so if anyone has any knowledge/tips/comments i'm all ears.. or well all eyes?
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I've seen them hang cows from helicopters, couldn't they just get one of those harnesses?
On another note, why are fatties like "Muh ADD, muh PTSD, muh Fibromyalgia" I get the "muh depression" struggling to fit through doorways is probably really depressing.
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It's not the harness that's the problem. You can lift cows no problem, having them free fall 6 feet into the safety device is another matter altogether. That 500 pounds turns into thousands quickly.
A lot of activities such as zip lining, skydiving, rollercoasters, water slides, etc have strict weight limits around the 300lb mark. Could they all be engineered to cater towards cows? Of course. But why? It's much easier to just slap a weight limit and tell them cows to get bent.
I started my career as a tower climber and you cannot safely climb at 300lbs+.
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Safety?
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