I still have the Loggy climber and use it every once in a while - depending on where I'm hunting, what the timber is like, how high I need to be, and whether I think I mightwanna leave the stand out there for a week or so (not really keen on leaving my good climber lay in the woods).

I've ruined a lot of good clothes running up and down black cherry and shagbark hickory trees - really tears up the inner forearms, and is hell on zippers. They sold a climbing aid, but Icouldn't justify spending the extra cash, and/or carrying the extra weight. Just man-up doggy.

I never minded it all that much, except for when the tree was wet. That sucked, b/c your whole chest and forearms would be drenchedby soggy bark - and that made for a lot oflong, cold sits for me. Iclimb a lot faster with the loggy, but that twangy metallicband drove me nuts. You couldget down a tree in a hurry in that baby, just kick the platform out, loosen your grip a little bit, and ride it all the way to the ground.