Originally Posted by Feesherman (Post 345221)

I used to think that way until last January. I was in Red River when the life flight helicopter showed up to rescue the dude with the broken back. Stand broke climbing up or down, not quite sure now, but that is when I decided I would no longer be untied from the tree. It really isn't that difficult to climb up and down with it attatched to the tree. Much more difficult to spend the rest of your days in a wheel chair I would think.

Originally Posted by Pat Babaz (Post 345359)

The real kicker is that he always, always wore his harness religously. But that one morning at red river he forgot it in the truck, got about a 1/2 mile in before he realized it and decided to climb without it just this one time.