Yep. This is just stepstool stuff. I use ladders a lot at work, so take them serious. From what I have seen, the 2 biggest ladder fails are loosing balance up high or missing the last step coming down.
I picked a many Apple, cherry, plum and pears on straight ladders, I agree, my ladder set was bad one time in a cherry tree, spun upside down and feel threw the tree 11 feet, that bucket i had strapped to me beat the **** out of me on the way down