I do use just one GM climbing aider in a 24" loop. I place the top step about eye level. Honestly, I don't remember how much noise the stick makes once you "set it" by adding your weight to the aider but if it were loud, I probably would not be using that method. I am going to pay more attention to that though. I can tell you that as the season progresses, especially around here on Lake Erie, we have a lot of wind all fall and perhaps that's why I don't remember my setups making a ton a noise. My wife and kids say my hearing isn't the best sometimes either but somehow I always seem to hear the grunts in the woods and the gobblers in the hills every spring before most. "Selective" Hearing perhaps???
