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A dual belt system having a load-bearing or "utility" belt as well as a climbing harness waist band. An inner belt is a waistband for a climbing harness, the other outer belt being any typical load bearing belt, such as a military gear belt. The inner harness waistband and the load bearing belt are

A dual belt system having a load-bearing or "utility" belt as well as a climbing harness waist band. An inner belt is a waistband for a climbing harness, the other outer belt being any typical load bearing belt, such as a military gear belt. The inner harness waistband and the load bearing belt are connected together by a series of releasable loops upon the waistband that may be opened to allow the load bearing belt to be separated from the harness. The loops may be closed and secured, as by fasteners, around a load bearing belt to temporarily connect together the harness waistband and the load bearing belt, so that they functional as an integral unit. Also provided are leg loops, permanently attached to the waistband of the harness, with which a true pelvis-girdling climbing harness may be assembled. The leg loops are stowed in a special pouch on the waistband until such time as they are deployed for use.

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1. In combination with a load bearing belt upon which various equipment may be disposed, a climbing harness comprising:a harness waistband having leg loops attached thereto, said waistband having an outside surface and an inside surface, said inside surface disposable toward the user's body; a plura

1. In combination with a load bearing belt upon which various equipment may be disposed, a climbing harness comprising:a harness waistband having leg loops attached thereto, said waistband having an outside surface and an inside surface, said inside surface disposable toward the user's body; a plurality of connecting loops upon said waistband, said connecting loops movable between an open position to permit said load bearing belt to be disposed in parallel contact with said outside surface of said waistband and a closed position around said load bearing belt in contact with said outside surface; and fasteners upon said connecting loops whereby said connecting loops are fastened in the closed position thereby to maintaining waistband and said load bearing belt in generally parallel contact during use; wherein said harness waistband is movable between a stowed position and a use position, and further comprising a releasable loop connected to a first end of said waistband and holding said first end of said waistband in a folded condition folded back on itself on said inside surface adjacent to said load bearing belt when said waistband is in the stowed position, and further comprising a climbing buckle upon a second end of said waistband, wherein said first and an said second end of said waistband are connected together with said climbing buckle when said waistband is in the use position.