I was thinking about making my own self-climber/hang-on depending on the situation and am alittle frustrated. Self climbing that part is easy climbing up and down but hang-on. A ladder is too much visual along with tree steps that you can buy in 5 ft sections and screws/strap on steps take awhile putting up not only the hassle of not having it in far enough. But is there any home made thing i can do, i thought about spikes and a rope like you see on lumber jack competitions climbing them poles.