I know how that is. I have a stand that is 28 feet high and my bow rope is 25 feet long. I put an extra 1-piece tree step in the tree and hang my bow from it when climbing, then pull it up once I get in the stand. I do the reverse when getting down. Sometimes that gets a little tricky when it starts getting dark out. One night when I was getting down I was having trouble getting the bow on the step. I hooked it on something and couldn't move it up or down. I let the bow hang there until I got down, only to find that it was hanging from my sight! I can't believe that I didn't wipe out all of my sight pins. When I got home, I immediately took the bow down to the basement and took a few shots. I found that everything was still good. I shoot my bow every so often just to make sure everything is still good. Sometimes bows are subject to rough treatment and it is a good idea to check them over periodically.