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   From: jcb@inf.ed.ac.uk   
      
   On 2017-02-12, Louis Epstein  wrote:   
   > In alt.fan.tolkien Julian Bradfield  wrote:   
   >> 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?   
      
   You need one, just one, dwarf on the other side to make fast the line,   
   draw over the next line, followed by the rope bridge, and then you   
   can have as many people as you like on each side, hauling stuff over   
   by ropes.   
      
   For a major engineering project, having one engineer have to hike for   
   a few days is not a big deal.   
      
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