Also - ask Tom w-why he has a... condom...
>3.) Go back down the ladder, position ourselves under the switch, ask him to climb onto our shoulders (not the other way around, lest he see some panties), and then have him pull the lever.
FFFFFFFFFFFF, why didn't I think of that. That's the ONE important thing Tom couldn't do without us. After we inspect the new niche, we pull the lever.