This may have been covered previously, but I sometimes have had the same problem when gun hunting 30 ft or so up. What I do is adjust my stand while it is close to the ground where the upper and lower platforms are pointing almost straight up. It is a pain in the butt when you first start up the tree, but evens out pretty fast once you start climbing. Likewise, coming down it can be a pain once you get close to the ground. That is the only way that I have been able overcome that. Once I did adjust the upper platform once I was up, but I don't recommend it unless you've been climbing for years and know what you are doing.