Check out Gary Lee's website for a nice portable ladder for the outside:

http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/sladder/sladder.htm

BTW, I'm 5'8" and I've found all kinds of ways to just climb on the
vehicle for access where I need it. You can stand on top of your
tires, or with the front doors open the luggage rack is easily
accessed, if I need to get to the front I stand on top of the bullbar
of my Volks Cafe big bumpers.

Chris

On 5/11/05, Rocket J Squirrel <j.michael.elliott@adelphia.net> wrote:
> My lovely wife and are are both short. I'm 5' 6'' and she is 5' 2''.
> Snicker and point if you wish, but the two of us fit very cozily into
> the lower bunk. What we can't do comfortably is reach the built-in
> luggage rack on the roof, or get up into the upper bunk without
> clambering all over the counter.
> 
> We could use some kind of very lightweight leanable collapsible or
> otherwise easily-stowed ladder. Hangable from the upper bunk like on a
> bunk bed; and leanable against the outside so a short guy could fuss
> around with luggage without needing to hold on for dear life like I have
> to do when I stand on a seat.
> 
> Anything like that out there?
> 
> --
> 
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 83.5 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> KG6RCR
>