body belt 18 may be utilized in conjunction with positioning strap 20 and snap hooks 10 in accordance with conventional practice body belt 18 includes a pair of d rings 22 of conventional construction arranged on opposite sides of the lineman 39 s waist to engage these d rings positioning strap 20 includes snap hooks 10 permanently attached to the strap at each end by conventional techniques in use positioning strap 20 is wrapped around a supporting pole 24 and the ends of the strap are detachably joined to respective d rings by individual snap hooks 10 this allows a climber to position himself on the pole or i beam and allow for hands free work or to detach himself in the event of an emergency as further shown in fig1 but best described in fig1 a fall arresting rope type lanyard 26 may also be attached to body harness 12 by another snap hook the other end of this lanyard is affixed to a support structure such that the lanyard will arrest the climber in the event of a fall referring now to fig2 4 snap hook 10 is seen to include an elongated body member 30 having a hook shaped ring engaging portion at one end and a strap.