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Originally Posted by A930Rocket

I can relate. About 30 years ago I had to go up on a roof to cover a chimney. Unfortunately, I had to take an extension ladder to get on the back deck, pull the ladder up to get on the shed roof sunroom, then pull the ladder up to get on the roof of the house.

I'm not afraid of heights, have never had a problem, but ^that^ sounds like someone else's problem to me.

It all went according to plan, until it didn’t. As I was transitioning off the roof of the house to the ladder to get to the sunroom, the ladder slipped and twisted. I fell off and landed between two skylights. My knee or hip, broke the OSB underneath the shingles.

I lay there for a minute or two, but being in the middle of the summer, The roof was scorching hot and I had to get up. Fortunately the latter didn’t slide off. I used the ladder to get down on the deck and from there down to the ground.

I was by myself and shaken up pretty good.🤪

Bang Ding Ow! It sounds like the roof did the giving so no part of your body had to. You make no mention of anything being broken, so that's great. Glad you didn't go through a skylight.

In our old house (2 story, hip roof) I was quite comfy getting on the roof. I could use the privacy fence next to the garage to get on the garage, and then from the peak of the garage could get on the second story roof. It was fine to walk around. I installed weather station gear up there by strapping it to the top of the chimney (anemometer and vane). I did get much more careful when standing right on the edge.

I've been on the roof of our current house once, and wasn't a huge fan. It's a 7/12 pitch, and 30º feels pretty steep when you're walking on a 2 story, pier and beam house.