I use the ameristep rapid rails. love em. just love em. I can get reasonably 20 ft with them. put first rail chest high. put 2nd rail on right of stand (on the strap from the first step) put 3rd rail on left side. I use a 25ft cord with a S hook rubberized on it. attach rope to stand, put S hook in waist of pants. ascend first step with second step in hand. Once up first step attach 2nd. afterwards, reach over to the right of step and put one of the 2 remaining steps on the cam rope of 2nd step on tree. take remaining step and ascend the second step and leap frog them up. Man that sounded confusing.

I put one step on the tree and bring the steps up with me leaving them hanging on the cam strap of each the rapid rail attached to the tree. I never descend to get a rail. once all of the are attached to the tree I pull up my stand and set it. once in the stand, I lower my S hook to the ground and snag my bow which I leaned against something or put it where the strings could be snagged from above. Pull up my bow and I am ready to hunt. the rapid rails hang quickly, quietly, and are very sturdy. they get you out away from the tree unlike the lone wolf steps. I tried the leap frog approach with the LW steps but b/c there is virtually no space b/t tree and step I couldn't effectively bring up the steps and hang them on the side of the cam straps.

Hope this helps and didn't confuse you too much.