It took all my nerve to go down the rope ladder and step into a tiny rocking boat to get out to the tug.
It is perhaps the pulling up of the rope ladder effect, but they realise that their livelihood depends upon firmly controlled immigration.
Someone will be needed at the wheel, and another person will be needed to take hold of the rope ladder; a third person may also be needed.
It was found that the patients had got over the perimeter fence using a weighted rope ladder, which they had evidently prepared beforehand, by what means is not vet known.
Climbing a rope ladder requires more skill than climbing a rigid ladder, because the ladder tends to swing like a pendulum.
I remember how jacks figured in my thoughts, as well as levers, helicopters, and even a rope ladder.
To get up to the main deck, passengers were required to climb a wooden or rope ladder.
Having a rope ladder or even a simple rope ready would make sense if a longer wooden ladder could not be hauled into the building.