Abstract: A safety ladder attachment for securing a ladder to an overhead, horizontal cable is described comprising a hollow, woven rope terminating at one end in an elastic loop formed of the rope in a compressed state and an elastic cord in the interior thereof, and terminating at the other end in a coupling member. The safety attachment is tied under tension with a slip knot about a rung of the ladder and the cable, and subsequently released from the ground by pulling on a release rope attached to the coupling member, which may also be a loop formed at the rope end.