LOl...fire away guys...convince me to get rid of sticks and use steps.
Nah, that wasn't my purpose... they've both got a time and a place. Heck, even my Summit Bucksteps have a place. Rarely, but they do have one.
LOL..I knew I would wake up Greg from hibernation
It's called a five and a half hour drive home from the ATA with LOOOONG stretches of interstate and nothing to do. Had to see what the natives were up to.
Heck... now that the season's almost over and I need to seriously get back to work and spend more drive-time behind the wheel for work, I just may show up a bit more again. I need something to do with all that time on the road.
Seriously... you mentioned the Muddy Creek products or whatever their name is. I saw a new stick Todd Pringnitz is helping those guys come out with that I REALLY liked. It incorporated a rope sort of like you put on yours, but it slips into an ascender-type holder like they use in mountaineering, albeit it's sideways so the rope can wrap around the tree and then easily slip in that. One good quick tug locks it in. VERY slick little system.
Also, when the step is lowered, another on the opposite side comes down with it. Allows the person to always have the right step out and not have to flip the ones on the LW back and forth to figure their footing out correctly; also gives the user a level platform on which to stand to hang his stand at the top.
I'll most definitely be buying a set of those when they come out.