said by iLearn:So what do you do when you are half way up (50 ft in the air) and wind starts to blow?
If halfway is 50 feet you need a lift not a ladder in which case the weight of the base and or outriggers will keep it stable in moderate winds.
Keeping it stable, being able to use it safely without any help is the issue for me.
With or without help, you get a hand-line (rope) over the roof, (toss a string whatever), then with the ladder on the ground with the base facing the building and the fly section up, take the end of the hand-line and thread it between the fly section and the main section and tie it off to the third or fourth rung from the top of the fly section, flip the ladder over and raise it into place with at least three or four rungs above the edge of the roof and the with hand-line just above the edge of the roof.
Go around the other side of the home and secure the other end of the hand-line to something that will not move, a post, a tree anything that will hold that line taught.
Now this method will not prevent some ladder movement, if you lean second shoulder past the rail or get nailed with a good gust of wind the ladder may move, but as the hand-line tightens up it will stop it.
The difference being, with a tied off hand-line you will be given the option of climbing down and locating clean underwear versus pushing up tulips.