I remember when I was probably in elementary school...or junior high, my family's cat somehow got up onto our roof and couldn't get down! My parents sent me out their upstairs bathroom window to retrieve the cat from the roof....

Another time, a neighborhood stray was stuck up in a tree (we later adopted her into our home). My sister climbed up the tree to get the cat down. She was scared and ended up scratching my sister in the face (lip) where she had to get a butterfly bandage put on to avoid scarring and possible stitches...Ouch!