Thanks New Tribe for a ultimately safe product!
It's a long story but I gave the Kestrel an unintentional, and very successful stress test Friday evening. The readers digest version is that I had a climbing stick fail while single sticking into a tree. The stick failed as I was stepping from the stick to my platform. This resulted in an approximately 3 foot drop from where I started. Luckily I had both the lineman's belt on the tree and the tether attached to the bridge and the Kestrel saved me from dropping 15 feet into the crotch of a pair of maples. Other than a scratched up arm from bouncing off the platform, no other injuries. I'm 6', 250# so I'd say that's a pretty successful test.
Thanks again New Tribe!
It's a long story but I gave the Kestrel an unintentional, and very successful stress test Friday evening. The readers digest version is that I had a climbing stick fail while single sticking into a tree. The stick failed as I was stepping from the stick to my platform. This resulted in an approximately 3 foot drop from where I started. Luckily I had both the lineman's belt on the tree and the tether attached to the bridge and the Kestrel saved me from dropping 15 feet into the crotch of a pair of maples. Other than a scratched up arm from bouncing off the platform, no other injuries. I'm 6', 250# so I'd say that's a pretty successful test.
Thanks again New Tribe!