For years I thought falling from a tree was mostly user error. One of my dads old highschool friends fell about 10 years ago and luckily lived, but broke his back (not enough to paralyze). Even knowing this didn't make me wear one. I guess I thought I was invinsible and last year was a wake up call. I figured for as long as I've been using a stand I know the ins and outs of using a climber, but the fact of the matter is, ya just never know how well you're gripped to that tree.

Rob, you're right, I haven't met that one person yet and knowing that scares me more than ever now. I've never appreciated life more than I do now and on Oct 12 I'll be finding out if there's going to be another lil snake or snakette. It took me a good 5 minutes to even attempt try to stand up afterwards even though I felt the tention of the straps. As I stated before, it didn't make it any less scary than last year when it happened, but I'm definitely more thankful. It's made me do a lot of thinking.