Yea I had a uncle fall from a stand and broke his leg and I think something else. He had to crawl back to his truck which was about a mile away. Ever since he has had a harness on everytime. I need to get a new harness though because I have been using the one that came with my treestand and this year I stopped using it because it just gets in my way and really irritates my while bowhunting. Any suggestions for a new one.