How to Make a Rope Ladder So You Can Sneak Out of Your Second Story Window

Ok, so this post isn't super fashion related, but when you use your rope ladder, you want to wear shoes, which are fashion, and you can go to parties wearing your fashion. Alright. Fashion. Let's go.

You Will Need
- 100 ft of rope (make sure the working weight is well above your weight)
- yardstick or ruler
- something heavy in your room, such as a bed
- duct tape (optional)
- climbing clip (optional)
- bobby pins or tape (optional)

if you're desperate, you could use just rope, but any of these other objects will make the process way easier.

1. Take your window screen out
2. Drop one end of the rope out of your window, and lower it until it reaches the ground. Mark the rope on your end with your hand, tape, or a bobby pin. To use a bobby pin to mark, stick it in through the rope casing. Then pull the rope back up.
3. Use your yardstick to measure the rope to your mark. Multiply this number by 2.5. If you don't have a yardstick, fold your rope at the mark and then add half of that length. Put a mark at this new point. 
4. Tie a double figure-8 knot where this second mark is. If you have a climbing hook, put it inside the loop before you tie the knot. Go to this link for an animation. Then you can remove the marks. Roll the rest of the rope up after to make the next step easier.
   
5. Then, every 10 inches, you will tie a knot like seen in the image. This link will show you how. This is the tricky part: you want to make sure the knots are about 10 inches apart when tightened, so tie the knot loosely at first so that you can tighten it into place. Use the end of the rope that you measured to do the loop de doop side, and make at least 6 loops instead of 4.

   

   from http://www.instructables.com/id/Rope-ladder/

   Continue until the end of the rope.
6. Cut the rope when you've reached the end and wrap some tape around the ends so it doesn't fray.
7. Look closely at your room to find the best location to tie your ladder to. It must be much heavier than you. Probably this will be your bed, but if your bed is not near the window try a heavy desk. If you have multiple heavy objects to tie the ladder to , even better.
8. Tie a Halyard knot with the end of a new piece of rope to one side of the heavy thing. 

   

   from http://www.sailfeed.com/

9. Measure from here how long your rope need to be to reach the window, and then the other side of your heavy thing. At the point where the rope will reach your window, slide your ladder onto the rope and tie a butterfly knot. Click here for an animation on how to tie it. If you have a climbing clip, you can tie the knot and then clip the ladder on. 
   
10. Tie another Halyard knot onto the other side of your rope.
11. Test the ladder out before you use it! if the edge of your window is metal, you may want to wrap part of the rope in duct tape to keep it from chafing. Other than that, you're done!

Disclaimer: I have no professional experience on this topic and am not telling you to sneak out. If you follow my instructions I take no responsibility for any potential injuries. This is pretty sketch. Like I just researched a bunch of knots but this is by no means the only way or even the best way to make a ladder. Be smart, and know what works best for your situation.