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To: Eleutheria5
“The cave, roughly 80 meters below the cliff top, is flanked by gorges and can only be reached by rappelling precariously down the sheer cliff.”

Think how hard this must have been back then. What sort of ropes were available?

8 posted on 03/16/2021 5:45:58 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (The Weak Never Started, The Cowards fail along the way, Only the Strong Survive)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Ropes, knots, both were a well-developed technology at that point.


10 posted on 03/16/2021 6:49:37 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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