Safety harness

[longbow fanatic 1]

Originally posted by Dave Worden:
Harnesses are great but you also need a climbing rope or some such safety device to use while climbing in and out of your stand.  Hooking yourself up to the tree after you're up is a no-brainer, but you've already passed the point of greatest risk when you got onto your stand. www.safetreehunt.com  

You're exactly right, Dave! I use The FallGuy system, so I can be connected from the moment I leave the ground until I get back down. It works great!

[Swamp Yankee]

I cringe thinking about my early days with a Baker stand and "safety" belt!  Got the scars to prove it too!

[Butchie]

I heard that Swamp Yankee!  I took several rides on the Baker slide myself years ago.

[jax]

I bought one last year. I really should have spent the money on mud tires for my truck but thought my life was more important.

[jax]

How do you get the fall guy attached on your first climb up the tree?

[longbow fanatic 1]

Jax,

I use my Seat O the Pants safety harness to climb the tree to attach the Fallguy to the tree. It's not a perfect way, as you have to unclip and re attach the harness from the tree before stepping on the stand, but it has worked for me.

If you have a straight tree with no limbs, you could climb the tree with a climber stand and harness to attach the Fallguy system- this way you would always be connected to the harness.