Bingo. I climb, hunt and rappel on my madrock safeguard. I do this for a lot of reasons, one being as you said, I can just rappel down if things get sideways or a drop my stick, etc. The other big reason for me was this. I'm a minimalist and prefer things to be as simple as possilble when my butt is off the ground. I'm not transferring from one rope to another, ever. I hook up to my madrock after I reach the top of my stick from the ground and I can test things right there make sure everything is right. If I fell at 7ft off the ground because something wasn't done right, its going to hurt like hell, but I will live. I use my rappel rope to pull up my bow as well. One less string or rope in the way. Bottom line for me is, I have two things to make sure I do right... connect rappel rope to the tree with the quick link, and make sure my madrock and biner are connected correctly to my bridge. I also use my linemans as I climb as I don't see any reason in the world not to. It make climbing on aiders far easier, I'm connected twice to the tree and as long as I use the linemans properly, maintaining slack and keeping it above my waist, I significatly reduce the risk of a big slack tether fall.