CLIMBING UP WITH YOUR NEW STAND (continued)
5.
With all of your weight back on the padded bar, disengage the foot platform by lifting as shown in
figure 18
. Pulling up and
slightly out on the foot platform while pointing your toes down should disconnect the foot platform from the tree.
6.
Bring the foot platform up by bending your knees and raising your legs straight up.
Take care not to snag the cable on tree
bark or limbs. Take your time! Use short controlled movements.
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7.
To re-engage the foot platform, rotate the foot platform down until the teeth make contact with front of the tree and then
rotate the foot platform down until the cable makes contact with the back of the tree as shown in
figure 19
.
The RapidClimb stirrups are located in such a position that equal distribution of weight will secure the foot platform to the tree
while climbing.
8.
Now ease your weight back onto the foot platform (to ensure that you have not placed it on an unseen knot or limb on the
backside of the tree). Once the foot platform is secure, stand and slide your safety harness tether up the tree.
9.
Once the foot platform is fully supporting your weight you can disengage the seat platform and raise it back up to just below
waist height as shown again in
figure 17
.
Repeat steps 4-9
until you are at your hunting height.
NOTE: It is unnecessary and unadvisable to be higher than 15 feet (4.57 meters) from ground leve
l.
19
18
LIFT UP
AND OUT
ALUMINUM
VIPER SHOWN
STEEL SIMILAR
ALUMINUM
VIPER SHOWN
STEEL SIMILAR
WARNING
!
At this point IT IS MANDATORY AND REQUIRED
that you attach your FBFAHS to the tree and
remain connected at all times after leaving the
ground.
