Remote extendable ladder and methods

A ladder comprising:

• a first fly section having a first fly right rail, a first fly left rail in parallel and spaced relation with the first fly right rail, and a plurality of first fly horizontal support members attached to the first fly left rail and first fly right rail;
• a first articulated hinge attached to the first fly right rail and a second articulated hinge attached to the first fly left rail;
• a second fly section having a second fly right rail, a second fly left rail in parallel and spaced relation with the second fly right rail, and a plurality of second fly horizontal support members attached to the second fly left and right rails, the second fly right rail attached to the first articulated hinge and the second fly left rail attached to the second articulated hinge so the second fly section can rotate about the first and second articulated hinges relative to the first fly section;
• a first base section having a first base right rail, a first base left rail in parallel and spaced relation with the first base right rail, and a plurality of first base horizontal support members attached to the first base left and right rails;
• a second base section having a second base right rail, a second base left rail in parallel and spaced relation with the second base right rail, and a plurality of second base horizontal support members attached to the second base left and right rails, the second base right rail adjacent the second fly right rail with the second fly right rail sliding relative to the second base right rail;
• wherein the first base section and the first fly section are slidable relative to one another between a first contracted position and a first extended position to extend or contract a length of the ladder and the second base section and the second fly section are slidable relative to one another between a second contracted position and a second extended position to extend or contract the length of the ladder, and wherein the ladder has an extended straight configuration in which the first fly section, the second fly section, and the second base section are disposed above the first base section with the first fly section and the first base section in the first extended position and the second fly section and the second base section in the second extended position;
• further comprising a pulley attached to one of the second fly horizontal support members of the second fly section adjacent a bottom of the second fly section;
• an anchor at the second base section adjacent a top of the second base section;
• a cable having a free end hanging freely from the ladder and not anchored thereto and a fixed end, the fixed end attached to the anchor, the cable extending from the anchor about the pulley and past the pulley such that when the free end is pulled by a user standing on a ground when the ladder is standing on the ground in a straight configuration, the second base section is raised upwards relative to the ground and relative to the second fly section to the second extended position.