The ropeline to be installed this time was designed for downhill use only and consisted of spans of more than 1,000 meters each.

Once the wet kicks in up north, you can be stranded for months waiting for swollen rivers to subside to a crossable depth[.]

They passing by, a goodly Ship did see, / Laden from far with precious merchandize, / And brauely furnished, as ship might bee, / Which through great disauenture, or mesprize, / Her selfe had runne into that hazardize […]

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