@swampsnyper I spent some time this afternoon with the steps. I paid no attention to getting them lined up and as a result I learned a couple of things. BTW, I do not want to hijack your thread, so sorry for going a bit sideways. My order is different from yours when setting the three steps.
I did the first step, then shifted it to the left and cammed it. Then I did number two. I put the rope through number one, and I ran the rope under rope number one. Shifted it to the right and cammed it over. These two seem to just automatically line up with each other. The legs of number two easily set above the rope of number one. Number three was threaded through both. But, pushed the rope of number three to the bottom of the rungs of one and two so it I could cam it over easy and not have the other ropes come into play. It took a couple of minutes tops to do the whole thing.
Interesting result. The staggered steps is actually very comfortable because the heels of both feet are placed on the lower step and the balls or toes are on the higher steps. It provided more even pressure on my feet and less flexing of the ankles when hanging. I was actually a bit disappointed because I have invested about 100 bucks in 20 of those corner brackets, and now I am torn as to which I like better.
I spent a lot of time standing on both today. I also figured out that placing my corner brackets close enough that a foot can rest on two of them makes a huge difference in comfort. Both systems were very comfortable but the edge goes to the steps because their width, various curves and angles and just superior firmness really allows you to get into some difficult positions. They just do not move. You can really put as much force as you want against them.
So, this is a long ass way of saying if you can perfect the system, it will be huge. However, just staggering the damn things is plenty easy. Each rope that gets threaded through a cammed step goes below the other rope(s). Finish with the one in front of you, setting the legs of the step below the other ropes.
One question about your setup; how does it react to a lot of side pressure?
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