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RE: Safety Harness Question... Ascending/Descending

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ORIGINAL: bigbulls

A linemans belt is used while hanging stands or taking them down not for climbing up and down the ladders while hunting.

I use mine with LW climbing sticks and screw in tree steps also.

RE: Safety Harness Question... Ascending/Descending

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ORIGINAL: bigbulls

Tie a length of double braid rope to thetree above the stand and secure it to the bottom justto keep it near the treebut do not make it taught, there needs to bejust a slight bit of"slack" in it.

Then tie a prussic knot to the length of rope.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDU4sSkXrIM

Attach the strap of your safety harness to this prussic knot with a carabiner. It will slide up and down the rope but instantly tightens up should you fall.

Or you can just buy a "treestand life line" from hunters safety system that has all of this already tied and ready to go. Click to watch the video to see how this system works.
http://www.huntersafetysystem.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=9