prolly just the sheer wtf of placing the ladder like that, since most people assume it cant be used like that.

Other than that your right, though I personally would worry more about loosing my footing and falling through the ladder (especially if one leg goes on either side of ... ) than the ladder shearing.

Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-

NO QUARTER!!!

-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children