description as shown in fig1 a second plurality of parallel horizontal grasping rungs 15 are provided in association with the opening o in the walk through section w of the fixed ladder l thus allowing a climber c to grab one of the rungs 15 in the same fashion as the grasp enabled by the first plurality of rungs 2 in the lower climbing section of the ladder l as seen in the simplest embodiment illustrated in fig7 the horizontal grasping rungs 15 extend freely at one end into the plane formed by the side rails 21 and 22 defining the opening o in the walk through section w of the ladder above the surface a any secure fixation or placement of the horizontal grasping rungs 15 whether by affixing them to the side rails 21 and 22 directly or otherwise by placing them securely at the required sites is satisfactory moreover although not necessarily in every structure providing the same level of protection where the size of the opening o permits the horizontal grasping rungs 15 may be placed proximate the opening o as seen in the third embodiment in fig3 the rungs 15 may be placed outside of the side rails 21 and 22 of the walk through section w thus the horizontal grasping rungs 15 may be in the same plane as the opening o but affixed to the side rails 21 and 22 and extending outwardly therefrom rather than into the opening o of the walk through section w this walk through ladder improvement of the present invention is applicable to other fixed ladders used in industry and construction for example as seen in fig1 it is applicable to a job made ladder l by bolting the rungs 15 at one end to vertically oriented uprights.