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   From: le@main.put.com   
      
   In alt.fan.tolkien Julian Bradfield  wrote:   
   > On 2017-02-12, Louis Epstein  wrote:   
   >> In alt.fan.tolkien John W Kennedy  wrote:   
   > ...   
   >>> I'm reasonably certain that dwarves are more sophisticaed engineers than   
   >>> that. They'd probably use an arrow line to bootstrap a suspension   
   >>> bridge.   
   >>   
   >> When EVERYTHING is built of stone,what can an arrow penetrate?   
   >>   
   >> A large open space with a bottomless pit across the middle.   
   >> Not a simple problem.   
   >   
   > But both sides are accessible by other routes.   
      
   Accessible from opposite sides of a mountain range.   
   Not the best circumstances for coordinating work parties.   
      
   > You don't need an arrow to penetrate anything, you just need it to   
   > carry a line across.   
      
   The line has to be secured to something.   
   If you're all on one side of the gap who can do that?   
      
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