ORIGINAL: Beezer
I've thought seriously about the chances of falling in my two man ladder stand. I wear a harness when I bow hunt, because I have to stand to shoot and that's when I'd be most vunerable to fall. When I'm using the shotgun I won't wear one sometimes for comfort. Falling and hanging from one doesn't seem as though it'd be as much a danger as a climber. With a ladder stand you can at least kick around and try to grab the ladder itself because it will always be within reach.
Beezer,
Please don't try and rely on trying to catch yourself when falling. First of all you usually have something in your hands (bow, gun, whatever) Second, We sometimes hunt in weather that makes anything you grab onto very slippery. Third, youmay miss, or not be strong enough to stop yourelf from falling.
It really happens so fast that most times it is way too late to do anything about it.