Whistler's Brother: Playthrough

Whistler's Brother (c) Broderbund Software 1984 for the Atari 8 bit line of computers
An interesting concept for a game, translated to very cute graphics and excellent soundtrack - but quite the frustrating gameplay, at least for me. I assume part of the reason for that is my complete lack of practice in playing this game. Yeah.. Controlling the professor felt half the time as if he was not doing what I tried him to do.
After I consulted the manual, I figured the rules are a bit more strict than expected. So then it came down to the controls (getting on and off the ladders was a bit of a chore for me) and practice using them and mastering them.
I think I'll give this game at least a few more tries.
Using the Atari800Win PLus emulator (www.a800win.ata...) with standard Atari 800XL settings (XL/XE / 64kB RAM / PAL mode).