Safety Archives : Rope Connections

Posted on January 7, 2016January 29, 2016 by Pete Riggs — 4 Comments

How To Tie A Chest Harness

For this post, I’m going to be going over the basic principles of tying a chest harness, which is a pretty awesome tie. I use them a LOT, for various different purposes.

The post will cover

what they’re used for
limitations of the harness
and the important principles of how to tie them.

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Posted on November 26, 2015November 26, 2015 by Pete Riggs — Leave a comment

Negotiating Those Hot Bondage Times

Lately I’ve been thinking more about the importance of a good negotiation before doing rope with someone…. and how it contributes to preventing potential disasters. Continue reading Negotiating Those Hot Bondage Times

Posted on August 6, 2015July 19, 2017 by Pete Riggs — 7 Comments

The Safety Series Part 2: Fixing Problems Before They Happen

So the last post was an overview of the physical risks with rope bondage.

It may have left a distinctly scary impression.

That was intentional. There is a lot of risk with bondage. And it needs to be acknowledged.

That stuff CAN happen.

So today, I’m going to give you the knowledge you need to fix those problems before they even come up.
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Posted on July 31, 2015March 31, 2016 by Pete Riggs — Leave a comment

The Safety Series Part 1: Physical Risk with Rope Bondage

So rope bondage risk and safety is fairly important to know if you’re going to be tying someone up, or being tied up.

I wasn’t planning to get to it quite so soon, but after my last post someone messaged me to ask that it goes up, as there is apparently not enough readily available information on that.

Okay, no problem.
However;
There is a LOT to cover when it comes to safety. So I’ve decided to turn it into a sort of mini-series, splitting the topic into different posts.

I’m going to go ahead and state right now that while there is a lot that can go wrong, and it looks scary as fuck, most of it can be avoided by using common sense, getting to know each other, both parties assuming equal responsibility for safety, and communicating instead of staying silent when something might be going wrong.
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