Old WOOD ladders always scared the hell out of me.
As a teenager. I helped a friend one day, big kid for his age 16 and 6'8"
His father sent him up a wood ladder he just bought a few days previous from a guy on the street for 3 dollars.
Well as Tom gets to the top, a bucket of roof cement in each hand, and straddles the ladder it snaps.
Came down every rung on his jewels.
77 years old and still tells the story to this day.
Funny to see his wife's face and rolling eyes every time he tells someone.