Rope Ladder

Several posts have been made about the rope ladder, for Little D and on the family blog, but J gets his spot in the light as well. Honestly, this experience has been really good for him, he enjoys it immensely, and can really climb the sucker.


These pictures were taken before we moved the rope ladder to its current location. This was really from J's first climbing experience with the thing. Barefoot and with floppy ladder, he jumped right on and started up.

This pic is part of the getting down experience. I have to say, that in the configuration above, especially with barefeet, this wasn't easy. The middle part wasn't tied together and the ladder was really loose. J had a bit of an issue with his feet getting caught.

Of course, it left me with visions of my boys hanging from the ropes by their feet or worse, but hey, the chain link fence with loose chicken wire and rebar along the top seems a bit more threatening.

So we will get some more pics of J climbing the ladder now that we have moved it. He scales right up to the deck, and I know it won't be long before he is hopping over the rail. Go J!