Amethyst
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Sounds like pure common sense. You saw it was more than you were "up to" (hah) and decided, no more! I've never gone up on a roof and don't intend to.
I have a rolling painter's scaffold with a 6-foot platform. Perfect for painting 10-foot walls at our home. Climbing the rungs is easy, but like a cat coming down a tree, I dislike descending backward without seeing where I'm going.
So, I devised a game I call "Space Walk." Like an astronaut, I slowly, consciously place each hand and foot before making the next move, and count the rungs out loud as I descend. (There's even a point where I "clear chest past the platform," lol). It's probably more caution than needed, but it assures I know exactly where my limbs are, even though I can't see them.
I have a rolling painter's scaffold with a 6-foot platform. Perfect for painting 10-foot walls at our home. Climbing the rungs is easy, but like a cat coming down a tree, I dislike descending backward without seeing where I'm going.
So, I devised a game I call "Space Walk." Like an astronaut, I slowly, consciously place each hand and foot before making the next move, and count the rungs out loud as I descend. (There's even a point where I "clear chest past the platform," lol). It's probably more caution than needed, but it assures I know exactly where my limbs are, even though I can't see them.
About 20 years ago I used my 25 foot step ladder (my teenage son spotted me) to tar a small leak on my roof. After I completed the small job, I looked down and thought to myself "What the f&*% am I doing up here?" To get back down, I had to face the roof, and blindly put me feet on the rung. My son was guiding me, but I was downright terrified. I got down completely unscathed, but vowed I'd never do that again. And I held true to that vow.
I got rid of the ladder a few years ago. Risk-benefit of climbing a tall ladder makes hiring someone else to do it a no-brainer, to me.