BTDT, it sucks.
DO NOT do it the way I did it at first. Fight the stand in position, strap the bottom, climb to the top and precariously try to strap the top. After I got up there, I thought I was going to die, but being too stubborn to quit I got it locked. In hindsight, I realize that I could very easily have hurt or killed myself that day. It was seriously STUPID. DO NOT ATTEMPT IT! Seriously, just don't.
The second time I did it it still sucked fighting the stand into position on the tree, but much much safer. I propped the stand up as high as I could from the ground, then I used climbing sticks and a lineman's belt to climb up the back side of the tree and get the stand to final height then lock the top, go back down and lock the bottom.
Either way it is no fun. But do it as safe as possible. Please learn from my mistake.