Climbing safety equipment and techniques have come a long way from the early days of the sport. Back then, equipment often failed or was simply not available resulting in the lead climber’s motto of ...

George Welles craned his neck to look at the figures in the tree canopy above. “This is the definition of a bad day,” he said, pointing out the climber that was carefully lowering a dangling dummy ...

But Kenneth Carter, a veteran hunter and safety instructor with 25 years of experience, says not using safety gear ... the climbing stand but somehow connecting yourself to the tree so you won ...