Use a sturdy ladder that is long enough to extend at least three feet above the edge of the roof, and anchor the legs so they don't slip.

A sturdy wooden ladder led down a square shaft just slightly wider than Chains1 shoulders; it ended about twenty feet below, on a polished wood floor.

Nervously, I began asking questions: "Is the ladder sturdy?"

Opening one would reveal a curving chute or a sturdy ladder, both made of thick plastic.

Glows had been collected and a sturdy ladder lowered and settled firmly on the cave floor.

The only access between levels was by sturdy but crude ladders, built with two lanes for climbing or descent.

Rock was happy to discover, by a series of sturdy ladders.

He climbed nimbly down the sturdy ladder, descending about fifteen feet and coming to rest on a smooth sur- face.

Opening a hatch, he climbed down a sturdy wooden ladder, Bane gleefully coming after.

His men rose with him, one of them grunting slightly with the weight of the sturdy ladder.