Most absolutely. There are very few things with which I am this certain of, in fact.

[And so, they will walk. The apartment isn't far after all, even if they must approach from an odd angle- specifically, once they're in range of the building, he moves ahead to carefully search along the wall for a metal pole.]

It might be a rather loud noise, but do bear with- I'm going to pull the ladder for the building's fire escape down, that we might make our way to the upper floor entrance.

[As he says so, he hooks the pole into the ladder's edge- and with a resounding clang and clatter, down it falls!]