Hirundos/Sitta from Petzl - Safe, Comfortable and Fast!

Mina Leslie-Wujastyk had a bad accident on a 9a where she rotated up-side-down. On her blog she said it was because her harness was too big. Later we discussed this with Mina and addressed that also the construction of her harness could be part of the reason for her accident. In the aftermath of this we have tested the Hirundos and Sitta harness from Petzl and found out that they are safer, i.e. less of a risk to rotate as Mina did. In the picture of the Sitta you can see that the length of the strap connecting the leg loops with the tie-in point is rather short, red color. This means that the tie-in point can not move as long towards the hip as it most likely did for Mina. Flexible leg-loops with a long strap to a big and loose tie-in point (black) is what you should avoid. The Petzl harnesses are just two great and comfortable light weight harnesses but most impressive is actually it's buckle making it super fast to put on and adjust. Hirundos info. The Sitta, more info which at 240 grams (small) is like 12 % lighter is at the same time more than 60 % more expensive (~140 Euro) than Hirundos. Other then that, it feels the same due to a more advanced construction. At the same time the leg loops (blue) stretches a bit more.