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Old 12-07-2008, 04:26 PM
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davidmil
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Default RE: Anybody got the inside scoop on 09 climbers

ORIGINAL: nodog

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.
I read this and can't help but think you have a death wish. The stand is showing signs of catastropic failure and you decide, "Oh what the hey, I'll hunt with it one more time"????[&:][&:]
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