Just don't try to fix it like you fixed your VW trunk leak and you'll be fine
I haven't fallen off a ladder or a tree before but i've had two close calls. One was when I stepped down off the ladder and nearly put a nail through my foot (It was standing up on a board) The other was when we were recovering a swarm from a tree. The closest tree to the swarm wasn't exactly 3 feet thick so when we climbed one ladder it bent the tree. In order to stabilize it we placed another ladder on the opposite side...first ladder was tied to the tree, the 2nd wasn't. Guess which one I had to climb in order to assist my father at one point.
Wind came while I was at the top and shifted my ladder off its hold.....I had to hug the tree to stabilize the ladder so it wouldn't fall
