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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 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.   
      
   Over a possibly lethal mountain pass and through severely damaged   
   internal infrastructure?   
      
   There would need to be a lot of work just figuring out what chambers   
   or stairs could be repaired and which avoided as hazards.   
      
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