Good Lord... you bashed off the tree a couple times too? I'm sorry livbucks, but I just pictured that happening and just about fell out of my pc chair... laughing. Good thing I had my Kevlar helmet on and my ballistic shorts were tied off to the base of my chair. []

On a serious note... has anyone read the bowhunting article that spoke of death from what's called "Suspension trauma"? I read it recently in a bowhunting publication and was not aware of such dangers with harnesses. I formerly used a waist belt, which is not the best method by far, and have for the last 2 years climb with my harness on AND attached to the tree. The suspension trauma issue was new to me and I urge everyone who uses a harness to read about it. From what was printed, it could mean saving a life just knowing that sitting idle while suspended leads to pooling of the blood in the lower extremities and eventually death. It was first found when workers were suspended by a harness to inspect difficult areas of job sites, being lowered into an area for a short period of time, not actively moving and then passed out, lowered the BP to dangerous levels and then they expired! Informative article to say the least. I have the issue here somewhere and will look for it if anyone is interested.