No idea how you managed that going up. I find it much easier, but I basically brace with my feet and move my ass up one step at a time as the game moves up the stairs. It's going down that things get hectic and it does take a bit of practice to know what angle to tip it when you're hitting that first step. Once you get going you get the hang of it and get into a rhythm.

Still better than a hernia.

Yep. Really guarantees that getting launched over your game or dropping it never happens. If it slips off the step for whatever reason, I'm braced against the stairs with my feet and butt a couple steps up and can keep it from going any lower than a one-step drop. I may look like an asshole doing it, but it feels really stable and I haven't had an incident yet.