O'Bannon supported himself on the ladder rungs with his left hand.
A soft call came from below, even as he set foot on the ladder rungs.
I put a hand on one of the ladder rungs.
After making sure once more that the man wouldn't get snagged, he reached for the ladder rungs above him.
His feet found ladder rungs, and he used them to descend into the hidden room.
He had just climbed the ladder rungs set on the outside.
The person with the line moves the rope up the ladder rungs.
There was a skim of fresh mud on the ladder rungs.
Gabriel went up the ladder two rungs at a time, and stood sweating behind his cloud.
Instead, he was in a small chamber, not much bigger than a telephone booth, with ladder rungs running up one wall.
