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Butt out is a recipe for wearing yourself out physically...plus increasing your odds of gaffing out due to improper gaff angle. Stand up straight. Keep your belly relatively close to the tree.

Lame imo, and not acceptable in my world, but it apparently has worked for you so far :). You don't need me to sign off on your quals card, as I recall :D.

True enough. As a corollary, and as I've said before, walking around on the ground with spurs on is the best way to do two things you don't want to do. 1) Dull your gaffs, which means you have to sharpen them more than you would otherwise, and which is FAR more exacting and difficult to do...

I've never had both gaffs cut loose at the same time when I was running a saw, but I have had one go now and then. I just did the same things I always do when a gaff slips...lean the other way, and quickly set the loose gaff back into the bole. It never has seemed much of a deal to me. Always...

Indeed, no question. Awful.

Agreed. I believe it was the better part of 3 years steady climbing before I realized one day, one tree actually, that I felt entirely comfortable on spurs for the first time.

You can clip your tail to the side of your harness with a carabiner, keep it clear of the gaffs. But you always have to pay attention, anyway.

"In my less than humble opinion" :). We old dogs get to say that with a straight face :D.

IMLTHO, people are far too worried about gaffing out and sliding down the bole. Use your spurs correctly, use your flipline/lanyard correctly, and you won't be cheese grating.