I haven't seen anyone using this setup so I thought I'd throw it out there.
I've been using this setup for the last 15 years or so with a treesuit. Couple of aiders hung off ameristeps. Of course I have on a linesman's belt on the way up and down. I put my boot toe against the tree and I've never had any scary moments. If I'm hanging off a food source tree like a white oak, instead of 10 yards out from it on another tree, sometimes I grab the bottom aider on my way up just so it's not hanging there like a scent wick for any deer that come straight in to the tree.
Honestly, I can't imagine carrying sticks again!
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