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First fall

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mprooch

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Typical— in a hurry, trying to get in an evening sit and running late cause of, well, life and adulting stuff. I use a three step moveable aider and three sticks going up, rappel down. First stick wasn’t seating great given bark and tree shape but figured it would seat fully when I started climbing. It felt a little loose, even pulling out and down. I’m 6’5” so figure top step is at around 8’ in this set up as I put the first stick up about as far as I can reach. Stick totally kicked when I got to the top as the bottom stand never seated. Had my lineman’s belt on and was able to sorta control slide down squeezing the line with my hands and wrapping my legs around the tree. But I sorta knew this could happen so was a little prepared mentally. One of the steps gave me a good reminder on my ribs though. Woulda been a different story if this had been the second or third stick. I like to tell myself I’m much more careful on those sticks at 15ish and 22’. Using beast sticks with amsteel daisy chain and truckers hitch them tight. Actually think it was too tight and too level so it created a pivot point at the button. Anyway, was a good wake up. Stay safe out there. Anyone else have a stick kick out like this? Curious that the common denominator is and if my hypothesis that the daisy was too level and seated too tight to grab. Sometimes beasts seat so we’ll I have to pry them off. This was a tree with lots of loose bark and lichens (swampy area).

Oh and missed a small buck later. Thought I could thread the needle thru some leafless canopy below me for a 25 yard shot. Wrong. Arrow hit one of the little branches and skipped really high. Like, it’s probably still in flight crossing time zones high! I think I heard the buck laugh as it trotted away unharmed.
 
After hearing about some of the close calls that happen while climbing...I think that if I one sticked as a climbing method I would also be tether'd in not just linesman belt...or does the tether hinder the climb while one sticking?
 
Pilk64 said:
After hearing about some of the close calls that happen while climbing...I think that if I one sticked as a climbing method I would also be tether'd in not just linesman belt...or does the tether hinder the climb while one sticking?
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You actually have to be tethered in to climb one stick. It’s the only way you can reach down and grab the stick to reposition it.

Most of the safety concern with one stick climbing is not the lack of being tethered in but the slack introduced in the tether as you make your way up the stick.


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Pilk64 said:
After hearing about some of the close calls that happen while climbing...I think that if I one sticked as a climbing method I would also be tether'd in not just linesman belt...or does the tether hinder the climb while one sticking?
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I am always tethered in while one sticking!
 
tim_dawg22 said:
You actually have to be tethered in to climb one stick. It’s the only way you can reach down and grab the stick to reposition it.

Most of the safety concern with one stick climbing is not the lack of being tethered in but the slack introduced in the tether as you make your way up the stick.


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The post didnt say he was tethrd... he said he slid down the tree on his lineman's belt so that confused me...
 
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