RE: no harness
I have never worn a harness before this weekend. Based on this forum alone, I decided to give it a try. I generally hunt at least 30' in a climber so I always thought the harness would make climbing a pain. I also thought that harness would be difficult to put on. To my surprise it wasn't hardly noticeable. It did make ascending much slower because of having to raise it every couple of feet but descending was no problem. Also the extra comfort on knowing that if you fell asleep you had a backup was nice. So my message is to at least try it for someone who hasn't ever done it before because you will find out it isn't as bad as you think.