"Pat" wrote in message
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Thanks for all the great advice. It is not the stability of the ladder
I am worried about. It is walking backwards and balancing at the same
time. It is like riding a bicycle backwards. The Safe-T walk-through
attachment that DT posted is exactly what I was looking for. But it
seems pricey for a simple device. However, on that site, it says 80%
of the falls occur when stepping off the ladder at the top. I know
that a ladder is probably as old as man itself, so I am puzzled why no
body else is selling this stuff. I looked at Lowes and Home Depot and
they have never heard of a walk-through attachment. I am going to try
the walk-though attachment in combination with a rope over the roof
tied to the other side of the house. Sounds like it just might work.



Instead of paying for a Safe-T walk-through attachment I think it may be
possible to just remove the top 3 rungs or so from an existing ladder.

Any such modification of a ladder would be done at your own risk If you are not
a ladder engineer, I'd think twice.

Bob