Climb of shame counter.

[MattMan81]

So if most of you haven't picked up on it. I will openly admit when I am wrong or made a mistake. Tonight I had 30mins in the evening so I told the wife I was gonna go climb a tree out front. I do plan to use one sticking most of the time. So want to get lots of practice in. So still trying to work out my system and get it down. Hope everyone else is as well.
So I climb up, feeling good. Rappel down. Can't pull my rope out. Tried to clip it in a new spot, and didn't work out. So climb of shame up the tree again to adjust it so I can pull it down. Rappel down. Tug on the line. Pops off. What????? I must have been in a hurry. Didn't fasten it properly. Back up again. Forgot to grab the pull down rope. Lucky loving wife walks out and hands it up to me before I got all the way up. Saved me a trip down. After wifes sarcastic remarks of how I said I got it figured out were over. I went up again, attached, rappel. Pick up and go inside.
Now few things I would like to note. This was the first time I took the leg straps off before I cleaned up everything. After I went back up, I realized I forgot to put then on. Maybe not an issue. But something I always do when I climb. Point is being in a hurry opens your self up to accidents.
But with that said I wanted to start this so hopefully anyone else can share or learn from what everyone else doing to hopefully make there climbs easier and safer.
For grins I am starting the counter. If anyone else has had one this year. Feel free to discuss with everyone else to hopefully avoid these mistakes.

 

[CZMark]

I don't mind having to go back up a tree when I'm practicing, but when I'm tired after a long day hanging, the woods is pitch dark, and I have a long walk back to my vehicle, nothing is worse.

 

[MNFarmHunter]

Invariably I'll forget something whenever I'm in a rush or trying something new. I've forgotten or improperly set:
- Rappel rope (SRT) wrapped around a small limb and unable to climb
- Rappel rope retrieve line
- Descending devices
- Platform
- Specific devices for the type of climb/rappel I'm doing
- Many others

In every case, I've had to come up with a new way to overcome whatever my issue was. In every case, it also adds to the knowledge base for how to overcome these mistakes.

 

[TexaninSconny]

Was going to do a full gear climb the other day, and practice some shots from hunting height. Climb up, realize I forgot to attach my pull-up to my bow. Rappel down, forgot my pull-up rope at hunting height. Climb up again and I am constantly forgetting to use my lineman’s while advancing my tether. Rappel down (nearly forget to grab my stick on the way down) and get jabbed in the back from a branch of a neighboring tree. Finally get up with my bow and where I set up my platform honestly made for a horrible place to take a shot as there was a “Y” in the tree.

I still need lots of practice, and that was at the end of a stressful day, but I still find joy…even in these moments.

But stuff like this happening at the end of a hunting day (especially when it’s freezing and dark), I could see not being able to find fun in.


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[MA_PAdeerslayer]

one night I got stuck in the stand very late as a shooter bedded down on my path out and just out of range. he stayed laying down for about 4.5 hours. by the time I left it was very late and pitch dark. climbed down, grabbed my pack off the ground and realized I never lowered my bow....had to climb back up and start all over. was in the woods before light around 5 and didn't get out until probably 10 o'clock. it was a veryyyyyyyy long day. it was early season so it wasn't super cold. but still wanted to go home and eat. thank god I was hunting behind the house.

 

[Hawgnuts57]

I was hunting behind my house a few days ago setup was fine hunt was fine, saw a doe which is cool I never see deer behind my house. I guess I was so excited to have seen a deer that I forgot to undo my gear tie holding my rope in the tree. So to save my self a extra climb I just left it and decided to hunt the same tree the next day. It worked out I got a hog that afternoon so I'm not upset just a little embarrassed

 

[MattMan81]

Was going to do a full gear climb the other day, and practice some shots from hunting height. Climb up, realize I forgot to attach my pull-up to my bow. Rappel down, forgot my pull-up rope at hunting height. Climb up again and I am constantly forgetting to use my lineman’s while advancing my tether. Rappel down (nearly forget to grab my stick on the way down) and get jabbed in the back from a branch of a neighboring tree. Finally get up with my bow and where I set up my platform honestly made for a horrible place to take a shot as there was a “Y” in the tree.

I still need lots of practice, and that was at the end of a stressful day, but I still find joy…even in these moments.

But stuff like this happening at the end of a hunting day (especially when it’s freezing and dark), I could see not being able to find fun in.


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Sounds like my first few sets ups in season last year. Lol. Get em out of the way now!!

 

[phatkaw]

I had to make 'the climb' a few times so far this summer for a couple reasons but I don't mind.
But what does suck is forgetting your pull-down rope and having to one-stick DOWN !

I hate one-sticking down!!!

 

[boyne bowhunter]

I can't even begin to count the number of times I've rappelled off the tree without my pull down string hooked up. I can say its never happened in a hunting situation though. It generally only happens during practice/demo climbs when I break from my routine and don't need to use my pull up string. In those instances I often forget to pull off the back of my saddle and hook it up. In hunting situations I never forget since it has to be put somewhere after pulling up the bow so I just automatically hook it up to the tether.

 

[EarthWormLee]

I frequently leave my accessory strap in the tree and have to go up and get it. If I know I am hunting the same tree in the next couple days I will just leave it there.

 

[cedar paul]

I have tied my Alpine butterfly on the wrong side of my cinched line and when I tried to retrieve no go. Climb back up and rectify the situation. Only in practise but still.