One does has to realize, sadly, that only a Pete Nolan type can "fall" off a two-foot stepladder and destroy a harbor. Or that only I, at 220 pounds, can "rack" a stepladder rated at 350 pounds. I've sworn off ladders. I've sworn off knives and choppers. I can still split a promising hull in half with a swipe of a chisel, but that's another story . . .