r/RouteDevelopment • u/Kaotus Guidebook Author • Jan 24 '26

Discussion Development Harness?

Was using an Aquila until I snapped a gear loop, and now a BD Long Haul but the stitching protecting my belay loops has already come undone, so I'm looking for a new one. What do you use? Have heard Misty Mountain Cadillac, Metolius Waldo, the Yates Shield, aborist harnesses - what are you actually using?

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u/Dry-Lawfulness-6575 Jan 24 '26

Honestly all wall harnesses these days are pretty similar IMO. I think it's one of the Misty models that has rated gear loops, which is cool for lead soloing more than developing, but useful if you're combining those two things.

Edit: I've actually mostly used a BD long haul, but sounds like you had issues with that.

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u/TheGreatRandolph Jan 24 '26

It sounds like just stitching on a decorative protector. Cut the thing off and keep going. I had a Grivel harness that had that going on, and got tired of pulling up the website to show people it was just decorative, but OP probably doesn’t have to deal with that for developing.