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- From: john@newave.newave.mn.org (John A. Weeks III)
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- Subject: Re: ropes in TNG?
- Message-ID: <232@newave.newave.mn.org>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 06:50:06 GMT
- References: <18758@mindlink.bc.ca> <1992Dec21.092516.28352@u.washington.edu>
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- In <1992Dec21.092516.28352@u.washington.edu> rene@hardy.u.washington.edu:
- > Didnt anybody else consider it rather remarkable how little rope they
- > appeared to be carrying, particularly in light of the fact that Picard
- > mentions the descent is 1500 feet... ?
-
- Yes...and they seemed to have just exactly the right amount of rope (it looked
- like there was 6 inches of extra rope laying on the ground at the bottom). If
- the cliff had been 503 meters rather than 500 meters, they would have been in
- big trouble. The whole rope thing seemed a bit bogus to begin with.
-
- -john-
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