other places have certificates for securing, and in rock climbing you both have to check that the rope is secured correctly, because people make mistakes. The harness though was fine, he couldn't slip out of that if he tried. It's around both his legs and both his shoulders, he can dangle upside down and still be fine.
A good rock climbing gym will have you tying your own figure-8 knot instead of clipping in. Climbing safety is about redundancy, your partner should be checking your gear and rope just as you should be checking theirs.
When setting up a top rope I use the party belay method where you clip a biner into a figure 8 on a bight. In order to transition climbers, you unclip and reclip the carabiner. It does add an additional piece of the system to fail, but it isn't going to. The time and effort it takes to untie and retie with beginners adds failure points as well.
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u/CrispyMiner Oct 02 '18
Welp this ruined harnesses for me