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Lots of ways you can go, I have done them all. Hunted exclusively out of a saddle the last 3 years, rappelling/one-sticking to boot. Shot one out of my Treewalker Climber last weekend. Climbers are great in pine woods.

My advice would be a Millennium M7 with the sticks of your choice and an XOP Holiday Harness. Use a 2 or 3 step aider on the first stick for some extra height. I like Beast sticks.

Just came here to say it is not too late or too low class to turn wrenches. No degree here and life turned out great!

Yeti buckets. Laugh if you want, but I had a gift card and had no idea what to spend it on. Picked up a Yeti bucket and I can't tell you how much I love that bucket. Food grade rated too.

And trust me, people with Lowe's and Home Depot buckets are super jealous.

Looks just like her, artist nailed it

I can get as high as I want to get either with 4 sticks or with only 1. When I carry my 4 Beast sticks I have one 3 step aider that stays on the bottom stick. That let's me get the first step up pretty high. Then I use a Backwoods Versa-Aider, it's very cool. You basically clip it to your belt and cinch the other end around your foot. I space the remaining sticks out enough where I can lift my knee up and get the aider loop around the button on the stick. Lets me add an extra step height between sticks.

Caveat's to this though, I don't come down the same way. I would have no problem coming down with the versa-aider, but I don't like climbing down a rope aider, especially in the dark. I rappel down. Much easier and faster.

I've one-sticked in places I didn't feel like carrying 4 sticks or if I really wanted to get high. I have a 40ft rappel rope and last year I had the end 5ft off the ground. I was about 35ft high and only used 1 stick with a 3 step aider. Takes more physical exertion, but it's cool when you are that high and the tree below you has no sticks on it. To clarify I do this same method whether it is a saddle platform or hang on stand.

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It is......do you see the problem?

When I went to Jamiaca I swear they had the finest woman on the whole island greeting you when you got off the plane. My shuttle driver said I'll swim to Cuba and back for a sniff of that mon.

I kind of wondered what she would run in the 100.

I have done them both ways and it does hit a little different. Two hands seems to burn the middle traps more. One hand seems to work the stabilizers and outer traps/upper back.

Thing I like about the double carry is I can really relax my shoulders and roll them back. I did tweak my back once about 8 months ago doing 70lb single arm carry. It happened when I was switching hands, probably something I did but it set me back a couple weeks.

Reviving this thread - I've been sporadically doing Farmer's Walks, but I've been leaning towards incorporating longer, steady walks. I normally do like 6 sets with 35lbs in each hand for maybe 150-200 yards.

I go on a lot of early morning 3-4 mile walks. I think I want to start carrying some weight on these walks. I have some lighter weight dumbbells and my kettlebells start at 15lbs. Doubt I could do 3 miles out the gate with the 15's, but maybe I'll go as far as I can with the 15's then finish out the rest of the walk unloaded. Build up from there. Progress with increasing distance and/or weight.

I've also done some carry's with a weight vest, but I'm not trying to do miles just yet with carry's AND the vest. Has anyone really fallen in love with Farmer's walks and do you think they made you more yoked?

That backseat legroom is a HUGE no.