Climbing Kitty

Nathan's cat, Max, likes to sleep with him at night. Not that unusual except that Nathan sleeps on the top bunk. I've been trying to figure out how the cat gets up there. Nathan always tells me that Max climbs up but I couldn't see how. Tonight I did. Max starts out by getting onto the lower bed and comes at the bunk bed ladder from behind. He jumps up to the highest rung that doesn't interfere with the top bunk. He then turns around while balancing carefully. Next he stretches up and claws up onto the mattress. It's that simple and I'm amazed at how easily he does it.