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How I use the Wild Edge Stepps

Ok. That drops the benefit of my spliced amsteel instead of the tether idea. It wouldn’t have the adjustability needed to act as a linesman belt at the top while I switched to a higher tether.
I think a single girth hitched aider on the top step would make it safer, and only weigh a few ounces.


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@Cain, how much upper body strength are you using to climb like this? You look like a big strong guy. Also have you tried it with bulky clothes?
 
@Cain, how much upper body strength are you using to climb like this? You look like a big strong guy. Also have you tried it with bulky clothes?
I have done it with bulky clothes. It don't seem that bad to me. It's not nearly as hard as doing an unassisted pull up. If you kick off the tree and pull at the same time it makes it a lot easier.
 
I have done it with bulky clothes. It don't seem that bad to me. It's not nearly as hard as doing an unassisted pull up. If you kick off the tree and pull at the same time it makes it a lot easier.
Thanks!
 
The carabiner to the metal step would be noisy though
Great method though
This is definitely a method to consider to like me a new run and gun type saddle hunter


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Took advantage of the warm day (38 deg) to try this today. I attached the first two steps to the tree, grabbed the upper step, put my foot against the tree and pulled/heaved myself up on the first step. I didn't attach the tether line to the second step because, well, I was standing on the ground.

As I stood there on that first step, hooked by the carabiner off my bridge to the second, I almost gave up because it took so much effort. Fortunately I decided to try another. I tied the next step on, hooked up my tether to it, took out the slack, and unhooked the first carabiner. Well here it goes I thought. I placed my foot against the tree, let my weight settle in the saddle and walked right up the tree. It was almost effortless. Repeated for seven steps then rappelled down. Lesson learned: To make this work use the tether right off the ground. The saddle/tether provides enough vertical support to make the step off the tree easy.

Once again, @Cain, Thanks, I really like this and plan on using it a bunch next year. I still need some more practice to get quick with the knots but the climbing was simple.
 
The carabiner to the metal step would be noisy though
Great method though
This is definitely a method to consider to like me a new run and gun type saddle hunter


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If the noise is an issue, A simple solution would be to take a small fixed loop of amsteel and girth hitch that around the jim stepp, then clip into that. In other words, you use the small loop to create distance between the metal of the step and your carbineer
 
If the noise is an issue, A simple solution would be to take a small fixed loop of amsteel and girth hitch that around the jim stepp, then clip into that. In other words, you use the small loop to create distance between the metal of the step and your carbineer
That's a good idea. Not only would it create just a little space, alleviating metal-to-metal contact, but may give you a little extra leeway in case you don't get your step spot-on height-wise.

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Well I got three wild egde stepps to give this method a try (thanks so much @Ontariofarmer - you're a beauty!). I was shocked at how easy it is. Even with a iced over manitoba maple it was easy. Learning to get the stepps the right amount of tight to cam over properly was not easy, but practice makes perfect. Definitely got me thinking.

I'm thinking about presetting a bunch of trees with bolts and using 2 stepps to get up to the bolts. Having the rest of them with me to call an audible would be an easy way to stay mobile.

Thanks @Cain for the method and Ontariofarmer for making it possible.
 
Well I got three wild egde stepps to give this method a try (thanks so much @Ontariofarmer - you're a beauty!). I was shocked at how easy it is. Even with a iced over manitoba maple it was easy. Learning to get the stepps the right amount of tight to cam over properly was not easy, but practice makes perfect. Definitely got me thinking.

I'm thinking about presetting a bunch of trees with bolts and using 2 stepps to get up to the bolts. Having the rest of them with me to call an audible would be an easy way to stay mobile.

Thanks @Cain for the method and Ontariofarmer for making it possible.
I'm glad it's working out for ya!
 
Red is going to start requiring us to go to morning PT.
LOL. I have been waking up at 5am to go to the gym at least 3 days a week. I don't mind running and I really like jacking the treadmill up to simulate climbing hills. But I hate doing upper body. I need to work it in though because that's my biggest weakness.
 
If I don’t my work out in, in the am it does not happen between work and the kids.
 
Anybody have a solution for a situation where you can't get the stepp high enough because of an obstruction like a gnarly trunk or branch? Do you just set the stepp on below it and use your linesman's belt instead of the riggers belt?
 
Anybody have a solution for a situation where you can't get the stepp high enough because of an obstruction like a gnarly trunk or branch? Do you just set the stepp on below it and use your linesman's belt instead of the riggers belt?
Yea that's what I do. And you have to keep in mind that all of your next steps are not going to work out to the right height without adjusting them as well.
 
Anybody have a solution for a situation where you can't get the stepp high enough because of an obstruction like a gnarly trunk or branch? Do you just set the stepp on below it and use your linesman's belt instead of the riggers belt?
You could use an adjustable bridge and that would give you a little more flexibility. Still clip in front like Cain does instead of around the tree.
 
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