Buildings with external fire escape steps and ladders in New York, USA

Buildings with external fire escape steps and ladders in New York, USA in March 2020

A wooden ladder being used as a bookcase in Fitzroy, Melbourne

A wooden ladder being used as a bookcase in Fitzroy, Melbourne in March 2016

A novel way to fix a traffic light by standing atop a songtaew in Khorat, Thailand

A novel way to fix a  traffic light by standing atop a songtaew in Khorat, Thailand in February 2015

An art gallery selling paintings in Clarens, South Africa

An art gallery selling paintings in Clarens, South Africa in February 2015

A gardener at the top of a tree at Ritsurin Gardens, at Takamatsu, Japan. Note the length of the ladder

A gardener at the top of a tree at Ritsurin Gardens, at Takamatsu, Japan, in March 2015. Note the length of the ladder

Gardeners pruning trees in Takamatsu, Japan

Gardeners pruning trees in Takamatsu, Japan in March 2015

Men on steel girders in Bangkok

Men on steel girders in Bangkok in January 2012

Construction workers on a building site in Bangkok

Construction workers on a building site in Bangkok in January 2012

Climbing wines advert for Orange seen outside a bottle shop in Merimbula, NSW. Step up to high-altitude, cool-climate wines. Estate grown and crafted in Orange, Australia

Climbing wines advert for Orange seen outside a bottle shop in Merimbula, NSW in October 2014. Step up to high-altitude, cool-climate wines. Estate grown and crafted in Orange, Australia

Renovating an apartment in Vienna, Austria

Renovating an apartment in Vienna, Austria in January 2014

Man on a very tall bamboo ladder in Hanoi, Vietnam

Man on a very tall bamboo ladder in Hanoi, Vietnam in January 2012

Painting a church

Man paining the exterior of a church outside Bega in October 2009

Atop a tall ladder

Man working using a very tall ladder at Siam Paragon, Bangkok, Thailand in May 2011

Rock climbing at Ao Nang, Thailand

Rock climbing at Koh Poda, Ao Nang, southern Thailand in February 2012

Mobile ladders

Bamboo ladders atop a pick-up truck in Khorat (Nakhon Ratchasima), Thailand in September 2012

Boarding a boat

Woman boarding a boat at Railay Beach, Ao Nang, Krabi District, Thailand in February 2012. Beautiful hair

On a Bangkok construction site

Workers at a construction site in Bangkok, Thailand in January 2012

Bamboo ladders

Bamboo ladders in Hanoi, Vietnam in January 2012

Tall ladders and tall cabbage palms

A block of units on River street in Yamba, NSW in February 2012. Note the really tall ladders

Tall bamboo ladders

Tall bamboo ladders stacked against a wall in Hanoi, Vietnam in January 2012