If it wasn't suspended in the air I would say give it a go, household wiring isn't like some movie style electrocution hazard and is fairly easy to test for liv

If it wasn't suspended in the air I would say give it a go, household wiring isn't like some movie style electrocution hazard and is fairly easy to test for live. If you are dry and not grounded even if you get shocked it would hurt and singe some skin but would be freak accident to die from and you should have the breaker off anyways. But with it up the top of a set of stairs and in the air requiring a ladder or something to stand on I wouldn't recommend it for a first time because if you did get shocked, not knowing what is coming (and possibly even if you did), you would jerk or jump away and possibly fall down the stairs which is way worse.