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    anyone else see this? panther climbing platform

    Just remembered why I'd tried the separate tether..... was given 100' of Sterling 6mm with Technora sheath & a F3 descender to rappel with. It was very compact, rated for around 1800 lbs best I remember, but I didn't want to hang all hunt off of that small stuff. I tried it out practicing & it...
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    anyone else see this? panther climbing platform

    Using a separate tether instead of rappel rope was one of those "bright ideas" that after trying I thought, "what was I thinking".... definitely not my first. I'm one of these guys that over the last 15 years or so have tried about every type of climbing method I've seen, given up on some...
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    anyone else see this? panther climbing platform

    Rappel is definitely faster by around 10 minutes... I've played around before with one sticking with regular tether on the way up & waiting to get on rappel rope until the hunt is finished. In doing so, while transitioning from tether with Ropeman One to rappel rope with Madrock; I was clumsy...
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    anyone else see this? panther climbing platform

    My only frame of reference using a climbing platform for saddle hunting was a few years back with a modded LWHC. This does look like a good climbing option if a person wants one, but I'm not sure about packing rappel gear. The LWHC was so easy to ascend/descend with that I personally couldn't...
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    Thoughts on Broadside Stands climbing platform???

    I think the flip up post to anchor to the tree once at hunting height on the LWHC would make for a decent setup. I've seen a few guys that have fabricated that. When I had used the hand climber I would secure it with a ratchet strap before I hunted, but I also always add a ring of steps. So I...
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    Thoughts on Broadside Stands climbing platform???

    The "tether assist rope" would've been nice back when I was fooling with the Lone Wolf hand climber.
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    Thoughts on Broadside Stands climbing platform???

    My hesitation to use any type of climbing platform is that I prefer to hunt out of trees that have limbs.
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    Thoughts on Broadside Stands climbing platform???

    I just wanted to share this new climbing platform I saw today & get some thoughts about it. Looks pretty clever & I'm sure it will spark some more ideas.... broadsidestands.com
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    Sladder by greyskwerel

    I did have it on a larger power pole in the bag lot here at work & just wrapping it a single time it doesn't slide down the pole any. Don't have my linesman belt with me, but took a couple steps up & it was solid.
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    Sladder by greyskwerel

    I only had a little bit to tinker with the Sladder system yesterday after work. May have to wait until weekend to try a full climb, but will probably have to wait until after hunt tomorrow morning since it's the time of year to be in the tree. My "practice tree" at the house is a telephone pole...
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    Do you wear your leg straps

    My first saddle was a Trophyline & back in 2006 leg straps were not adjustable (they were also 2" wide) & hung down low & were always hanging up on brush. So I chopped them off.... ever since then, every saddle I've bought I'd chop them off or every saddle I made I never put any on. When it gets...
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    Sladder by greyskwerel

    My Sladder should be arriving today.... looking forward to getting it on a tree & seeing if I can use it as effectively as greyskwerel. Over the years I've tried every climbing method I'm aware of except DRT (I've done some SRT & still pack my hand ascender when one sticking just in case I drop...
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    Examples of dangerous carabiner loading

    I'm a lot lower on the totem pole of linemen. I just worked for a few years as a lineman hanging coax & fiber. I'm still with the same cable construction company, but just work in the warehouse here now. I used gaffs when I started saddle hunting, but guess I'm gonna mostly one stick now...
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    Examples of dangerous carabiner loading

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    Examples of dangerous carabiner loading

    Sterling is showing this as proper use of the carabiner. It is part of their emergency evacuation kit with the F4 descender; so it may not necessarily mean that it's made for this use daily, but perhaps for a single use emergency situation... Just thought I'd bring it up since I'd never heard of...
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