CharlyB gave a great demo on suspension bondage over the weekend at Threshold. There was a nice turn out and he hung up a couple of volunteers. He really knows his stuff and shoots some fabulous pictures.

After the demo, my friend Bettie Cho and I stayed for the party and Charly was nice enough to help supervise a nice suspension of Bettie. I’ve never suspended anyone before and the whole idea of it makes me kind of nervous, since the potential for serious injury is so high. So I was glad Charly was there to offer his guidance. I put a couple of heavy thick wraps around Bettie’s chest, waist, thighs and ankles, and bound her wrists behind her back.

In no time at all Charly had her dangling about four feet off the floor, laid out flat with her chest facing down towards the floor. It was really bizarre having her hanging there. I could spin her around and swing her from side to side. She stayed up for a fairly long time – probably a half an hour, and reported that it wasn’t too uncomfortable. I only completely relaxed once her feet were back on the ground though.

Afterwards I did some more ties on Bettie (non-suspension). I put her in a few pretzel shapes, had her gagged and blindfolded, and watched as she squirmed and tried to reach the knots. She was able to get her wrists untied after a while, but the chest tie was unforgiving. So I manhandled her for a while and after an hour or so it was getting late and the party was winding down.

I ate too many cookies before calling it a night.