Absolutely, I was between classes at the watering hole drinking beer and playing darts. Left there on the way back to class and the weather broke to a light drizzle, perfect hunting weather. I had all my hunting gear with me except my boots. I thought class, hunting,class,hunting, GONE! I wasn'teven buzzedby any means. My down fall was wet tree and my shoes. I didn'tangle the stand enough and was up about 20' trying to higher. The next thing I knew I was on the express trip down the tree. The stand did exactly what it was designed to do and absorbed my impact. I banged my knee but readjusted the stand and climbed right back up the tree. I shot a doe that night but couldn't walk the next day. My wife knew something happen and all I said was that I fell.