Also from the department of makeshift tools - ascending into the attic using only a length of rope. What you need for this hobby: a length of rope too narrow to climb in a normal way, a flask of weak lemon drink, some arms and an attic.
Throw the rope over a beam in the attic. No, throw it over the beam. Not all of it, just one end. Now tie a knot in that end. Now tie another. Now a loop behind the knots. Pass the rest of the rope through the loop, then tighten the loop around it. Pull the loose rope until the new loop thus formed is tight around the beam. Throw the remaining end of the rope over the beam. Pull until the fold in the rope hangs just to the floor. Step on it. Pull down on the hanging rope that is not held taught by your foot. You will be lifted. Now pull down on the rope really hard, while sort of hopping in the loop, to raise yourself into the attic. Once that is done, drink your weak lemon drink - you deserve it.
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