Same old climber for some eleven-twelve years.
It's paid for and I get real nervous when I look at some of those new, spectacular, climbing stands, similar to mine, and now at a much higher price.
Last year I bought foam, and replaced what was in my old seat and back support. Ahhhhhh!!!
I'm determined to use that stand to the end of my hunting days. I take better care of it than the good care I give my rifles.
It spent only one night in the woods; that was the night I ran into a flash flood, and had to build a lean-to with pines, on high ground. I was Daniel Boone that night. Got enough sleep and went to work the next day.