With all the talk of wearing a safety harness, I got to thinking about this while sitting in my climber this morning in the cold.

I have a Summit Seat-of-the-pants full body harness and ALWAYS hook up when off the ground - you'd have to be a fool not to. My harness has a break away strap which is supposed to cushion the shock in a fall and I always position the safety rope around the backside of the tree and keep it short so I'd be clear of the stand and wouldn't fall far. I've read where you can't hang for very long in the harness before you have serious problems.

So my question is: has anyone on here ever fallen? What happened and how did it go? And most importantly, how did you get down after the fall?

I've read a lot about the need to wear a harness but not anything about what to do in case of a fall. I sometimes hunt by myself so this is an important issue for me.

Let's take the discussion one step forward.....