I folded a step in half/backwards. (Not due to normal use conditions, though.).
Had the sticks strapped to the outside of my pack, and the pack strapped onto the stand. Shoved the entire mass into the back of my truck at an awkward angle. Got home and realized I bent the step. Likely put a huge amount of torque on the step, folding it backwards. Turns out the step got caught inside the platform rungs of ny Misson platform.
(To replicate: load up your entire backpack, insert one step of the beast sticks into a rung of another platform, cantilever the entire mass on that one step, and push really hard, and then watch as you bend the step backwards. It’s not going to hold up!).
Ordered a replacement. Not cheap, but parts were available. Replacement matched up perfectly. Kind of an exceptionally unusual situation I won’t repeat! Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.