RE: why we wear safety harnesses
Last weekend I put my vest on and grabbed my rope with prussic knot, bow and everything and blasted out the door in a hurry. After getting to my stand and climbing on I didn't the usual and put my rope around. Something took my attention away for a second and after getting back to everything and climbing up to about 20ft I settled in and started the wait. About two hours later I stood up to adjust my seatand decided to adjust the shirt I was wearing under my vest also, that's when I discovered I'd climbed into the stand, up the tree, fixed everything on my seat, pulled up my bow etc..etc...etc...and sat for two hours WITHOUT hooking my vest into my prussic knot. I didn't so much feel stupid, I felt relieved that nothing happened BEFORE I discovered I hadn't hooked in.