Novaan,
I've seen that video and you have to be quite limber and flexible to get up that way..it's not something that I can do at my age (I'm older than Godzilla) and with my bad knees.
Just cut through 3/4 of the 4 bolts that hold your mast plate to the board
before you insert them. That should "detract" from your collision experience
significantly and save those poor ...