System for lifting persons onto playground equipment

A system for lifting one or more persons onto a play structure, comprising:

• a platform having at least a first access point and a second access point;
• a first landing and a second landing,
• the first landing being positioned at a first level and the second landing being positioned at a second level, the second level being vertically displaced from the first level, and
• the first landing being adjacent to the first access point of the platform and the second landing being adjacent to the second access point of the platform;
• and
• a lifting system configured to (a) raise the platform vertically from the first level to the second level and (b) lower the platform vertically from the second level to the first level;
• wherein the system is configured so that a person may
• (i) enter the platform through the first access point and exit the platform through the second access point, and
• (ii) enter the platform through the second access point and exit the platform through the first access point
• while the platform is being raised or lowered.