The ladder to the "basement" in the ruins to find the little girl is kind of screwy. Howland told me you have to hit it at just the right angle to transition. I could see where this could be a frustration if something was on your ass trying to kill you.
Ladder
This should be fixed, but it's hard to tell.
This is due to that particular style of ladder behaving oddly. I've switched it over to the other style -- should behave much better.