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What is your preferred step aider for Helium or other sticks and why?

Ghetto

Ghetto

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What works best for you?

I have 3 Helims on the way and one wild edge step. I prefer to hunt 25 ft or a little more.
 
Us326544 said:
I love a CAYG one step aider. Doubtful you could get 25ft with 3 sticks though.
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Keep in mind you are limited by the maximum attachment point of the sticks, so the best you can do per stick is going to be around +-7 ft, depending on your height and reach.

As to the aider, a cayg aider is simple and works well. I used it all last season, but I am using a knaider/swaider now and cut my heliums to 15" and still can get over 20ft with 3. I prefer the weight and bulk reduction.

Keep your nose to the wind, and your eyes along the skyline.
 
I was hoping to use a wild edge step and aider for the first step btw.
 
My CAYG aider. I can get 21 foot easily with my 3 modified sticks
 
I have a black diamond five step aider. you clip it on climb up to the stick, un-clip it and move to the next one.
 
A piece of climbing webbing tied for 2 steps. This gets moved as I climb my 3 unmodded Heliums and ties nice around the sticks for noiseless, tight packability.


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Aeds151 said:
A piece of climbing webbing tied for 2 steps. This gets moved as I climb my 3 unmodded Heliums and ties nice around the sticks for noiseless, tight packability.


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Any pictures or videos of your setup or something similar? I am interested in using a one step aider on 3 unmodified Heliums to get to about 18’.
 
Hey Davet what do you use to keep your webbing open at the bottom of your cayg aider? I bought 3/4" pex pipe for mine used it a couple times but seems to stiff?
 
Rangermatthews said:
DIY aider. Top of stick is 8’ so with 3 LW sticks I get to around 25’. I’m 6’1” so your height is based on how high you can put your stick.

I like the idea and how easy it looks. I hope to give this a try once I get my saddle in.


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In my experience, Dave T's CAYG aiders are the best design for many reasons. When I first saw them, I thought they were too long and would thus be unstable. Experience has shown that any aider connected to the bottom of MY sticks tends to cause the bottom of the sticks to kick out--I have yet to have a CAYG aider kick out on me (although I know it's possible).
 
DaveT1963 said:
platform.... I can get 19 1/2 top of third stick

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How long is your aider and spacing distance? I’m 6’1” with decent stretch the most I can get with 24 in aider and 22 in step spacing is 18 ft. Not calling bs, but am I missing something?


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20ftup said:
How long is your aider and spacing distance? I’m 6’1” with decent stretch the most I can get with 24 in aider and 22 in step spacing is 18 ft. Not calling bs, but am I missing something?

I just measured it and the hook is 34.5” from the ground. The reason it works is because the bungee pulls away from the body and is hooked on the stick by your hand. If you go in the kitchen you will see that if you lean back you can get you foot on the 36” counter. Once you are hooked on the bottom step it is easy cause your other foot aider goes on the middle step. The really nice thing is that because of the bungee the hooks come off the steps all by themselves as you go up the tree. The top of the stick in the video is right at 8’. You can reach up and put the stick as high as possible. I hated movable aiders and figured it was pointless to mess with a 6 step aider so I made something different.
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