I've honestly just never seen the big deal with hanging fixed-position stands, and I certainly can't understand the need to use a climber.

Whether I'm using Cranford screw-in steps or Lone Wolf climbing sticks, I start out with the stand on my back (if I were to hang one of those behometh steel models, I'd leave it on the ground with a rope attached to it and tomy belt loop or something).

I throw my safety belt around the tree and use my lineman's loops on my harness to give me hands-free access to what I need to do. Maybe this is the secret good stand-hangers know that others don't, because there's nothing to it after that!!

I screw my first step so that I can step up with my right foot onto it, and always end up with an odd number of steps (like 9 or 11). That way, I assure myself of stepping DOWN onto the platform after I get it hung from the right side. More importantly, my compression straps always end up on the left side of the tree if I'm facing the stand, and this assures me that I'll be working to tighten that right in front of my face -- and not reaching blindly around the tree to do it.

After screwing in my final step, I take the stand off my back and position it where I want it (which was really done before I screwed in my first step from the forest floor!) and tighten up the strap. I then step down onto the platform and start hunting after I pull my bow up. It's really that simple.