Peterk1234
Well-Known Member
@Peterk1234 have you thought about using a red squirrel aider as the swaider? After @swampsnyper came out with the swaider I added that to the red squirrel aider (before I knew it was called a swaider! ). Now I have added your knaider. So my current setup is an adjustable redsquirrel aider with a castration band swaider and a carabiner to hook into the stepp with the knaider on the other leg. I'm 5'6" and I can cam the stepp over just above my head, probably at 6'. The red squirrel aider allows me to add a little more height for just the cost of the ascender on a rope. I noticed that you mentioned in your video you could pull your leg up with the swaider. It's the same concept but I can pull my leg even a little higher with the redsquirrel aider.
I have but I found the girth hitch around the tree a bit slower. Add a branch, and now I am dealing with removing the rope to get around it. Using the Steps as the mechanism I hook to is very fast and simple. Plus I have decided that there is a big convenience factor of not working above my head while climbing, and the shorter aiders are much more stable. Now, if I were to use strap on steps like in a video I saw of you, it would be a different story. I have been tempted to use your system only to climb (maybe two of them), just to see what it would be like to only climb with aiders. Now that I am super comfortable with the swaider/knaider and have my climbing system wired, it is time to just go play with other ideas like yours Pete