The Rick Young harness I learned about on this thread, arrived today.
I hiked 3 miles in the woods while wearing it.
The binoculars were 12 ounce MINOX BD Compact 7x28 BR.
The harness worked about as well as the neck strap that came with the binoculars, that is, just fine.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps