Phaco
Active Member
First time climbing with the 1 stick/aider method today, and everything went great. However, For my 1st tree, I pick probably the worst tree ever. It was a paper birch, multi crotch, 20* leaning tree. I was using the quick link for the tree/rappel tether, but man, it was annoying having to screw and unscrew the quicklink to get past limbs. The poll is just curiosity on if you guys are concerned with the side load potential when climbing the tree. I just think the carabiner would be easi