Familiarize with Climbing Harnesses and Flip Lines

what do we have all right here we have two sets of tree climbing gear we have a cougar weaver saddle it's more of an advanced saddle in here we have another weaver saddle it's a basic sell there's double loops on the legs with a floating d-ring which is it's an awesome stance saddle very very strong okay so these are saddles yeah for climbing okay the sl the saddles are equipped with flip lines it's a steel bra a steel braided flip line okay and it's a lot stronger and safer in the tree this is actually triple action one two three here we have the buck strap this is i'm sorry this is a rope bridge but this is called a floating d block okay it's a dual locking mechanism let's get into one two see yep again this yeah do it again let's see it one more time you're so fast this holds all of your body weight in the tree and it's got a micro pulley on it so when you click one and two and you want to make sure this thing is always cleaned check this point of attachment right here every single time before you go on the tree okay and then these things are only rated for every six months you're supposed to actually replace it or retire it because it's holding your body weight so never ever ever climb with old gear and then also one other thing never never ever climb with a carabiner that you got from the local hardware store this is rated