summit climber users
07-29-2004, 03:12 PM
#3
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Hagerstown, MD
Posts: 689
RE: summit climber users
With a good saftey harness, some athleticism and good balance you can pretty much do anything. Doing these manuevers quietly is a whole different ballgame. I have unhooked and moved my stand over limbs while up in the tree and also gone up split limb trees. I usually end up clanking the 2 pieces of the stand together and make a ton of noise though. Most of the time I try to avoid it and find a nice straight tree, but sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
07-29-2004, 05:35 PM
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: USA
Posts: 19
RE: summit climber users
Mine is an older Summit, bought in 88 I believe, with the hand climber piece (lol, without the hand climber it would remind you of an old baker with a fold out seet). No way would I attempt to take it apart in mid air and go around a limb but, as someone has already posted, a hand saw works fine. I prefer a wire saw that fits neatly in my pack. As for reliability, I have been using mine for 16 years and it hasn't failed me yet. I love mine.
07-29-2004, 05:41 PM
#5
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location:
Posts: 356
RE: summit climber users
I have taken apart the upper portion of my summit to navigate past a branch, but never the bottom section. I suppose I would consider taking the bottom part apart if I were in a tree where I could stand on the branch safely and transition the bottom section above the branch. But, never without the harness on!
07-30-2004, 03:47 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: SouthWest OH, Remington Country.
Posts: 2,058
RE: summit climber users
i wouldnt reccommend it, however my viper xls can climb a telephone pole. If you have a tree that has a fork in in i would reccommend a fix stand if you cant find a straight tree to climb.
