Picture making a wish with the upper section. I think the small daimeter tree didn't help. It wasn't below recomended.
It was dark on the way up and I felt a letting down on one side. When I looked down with my head lamp the stand looked cock eye'd. I thought it was a shadow so I looked closer and it was crumpling along the right side. I limped it up the rest of the way and hunted. On the way down the first drop a crack appeared, I started to take bigger steps down. By the bottom it was all but seperated.
The hunt was crap anyways and I was glad to have a reason to end it.
Reinforcement in that center section will be a must on any in the future. It wasn't a summit as they are already reinforced there. I'll be using my old summit till I get a new stand.
What will that be? Hmmm.