One of my old lock-ons, I had 20 feet of climbing sticks, then I had to climb about another 15 feet with just the tree b/c of all the limbs. It was a huge oak tree in the middle of a cut-over on a hill. You could see forever up there and I witnessed some beautiful mornings from that stand. However, I did get scared climbing in and out of it everytime, but I was always fine once I got into the stand.

Oh yeah, I was scared to death hanging that thing, too. Climbing up that tree with nothing and having that stand strapped to my back.