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Wild Edge Climb 7 ft. Per Step

Great idea here. One of the things I've always struggled with is the over the head tie on, as I see you have to fiddle a little too. No linesman at all until after your at 7 feet. What I like is you can use the step as your hand hold for the first and second movements, that adds valued stability, but adds little as safety should you lose your grip. As I re and rewatched the video your linesman belt movement was lagging your advancement, but you had a hand hold on the step for the first two moves, so I get how that "feels" safe. Moves three and four are normal linesman moves, and linesman position isn't to far off. You tend to hold the tree more, I prefer to use the linesman to lean on as I advance. If you lose your grip on a larger tree or a tree that's slick you could have problems. It's getting used to having the linesman in your hand, and using that as your "grip". It is safer, and you advance the line more appropriately based on your advancement. Your primary use of the linesman is to hold position to tie on over your head, and to lean back on to attach the knaider, other than that it's use as you climb is limited, and adds little safety value. I like the method. Thanks for sharing. It's obvious that your comfortable climbing. Do you work in the industry?
 
Took a pair of them off a ratchet strap.
 

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Thanks for the feedback. @Kurt I normally go a bit slower than that video shows. I make each step more deliberately and engage the linemans a little more. That video was more to show the speed and height possibility of the method. My typical hunting climb is to 18ish feet. Step 1 at 7 ft, step 2 at 14ft and then I leave the boogie woogie aider on step 2, then step 3 is about 4 ft without the aider. That takes me off of the aider by about 12 feet and it's
just knaider the rest of the way. The linesman is really only there for hands-free capability and hip support to find the knaider holds. I know it's not going to hold me well if I fall. I spent a few days this summer climbing without touching the tree and only using the lineman for support. It is far safer, but I just went back to putting my hand on the tree. Felt more natural for me I guess. I prefer small diameter trees so its usually fine, but bigger/wet/slick trees can be problematic. As far as being in the industry, I am not. My experience climbing trees comes purely from growing up with the woods in my back yard.
 
Thanks for the hook pics bro. For your aider, what size rope are you using - 8mm? Also, if you could indulge me with more q's, what is the length & width of the wood step you made? I'm going to give this a shot next year for sure. Appreciate the post and your idea :sunglasses:
 
The rope is muddy lifeline which I believe is 8 or 9 mm. I'll measure the wooden part tomorrow for specifics but id guess about 8 in. It is a treated 2x2 with the edges run through a router. Glad you're going to give it a go! Let me know how it goes.
 
if anyone is building up a bwaider (boogie woogie aider), i'd like to see your ideas and your take on this system.
 
Very cool. Beaver county here. I might make one with some amsteel I have laying around. I’m currently using a 5 step aider for the same affect and don’t mind it but I like this concept better.
 
Thanks for the idea. I used what I had laying around and I'm very impressed. I made the step portion of the aider from a piece of 1.5" nylon rod. I substituted tubular webbing for the rope. I did find getting my foot on the aider was a bit of a reach (I'll be 63 in a couple of weeks). I intend to add a U-bolt to hook the knaider on to. That should make reaching a bit easier.
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movehuntir said:
Thanks for the idea. I used what I had laying around and I'm very impressed. I made the step portion of the aider from a piece of 1.5" nylon rod. I substituted tubular webbing for the rope. I did find getting my foot on the aider was a bit of a reach (I'll be 63 in a couple of weeks). I intend to add a U-bolt to hook the knaider on to. That should make reaching a bit easier.
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Inserting the u bolt into the webbing?


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