Book 4. (1 results) Nomads of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 16 | 35 | It is one View more quotes about thing">thing to descend a long rope and quite another, even in the lesser gravity of Gor, to climb one—particularly one as long as that which I now saw dimly above me. |
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Book 4. (7 results) Nomads of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 16 | 32 | I heard Harold's voice in the darkness, sounding hollow against the tiled walls and over the water. |
| 16 | 33 | "The tiles must be periodically inspected," he said, "and for this purpose there are foot knots in the rope". |
| 16 | 34 | I breathed a sigh of relief. |
| 16 | 35 | It is one thing to descend a long rope and quite another, even in the lesser gravity of Gor, to climb one—particularly one as long as that which I now saw dimly above me. |
| 16 | 36 | The foot knots were done with subsidiary rope but worked into the fiber of the main rope and glued over so as to be almost one with it. |
| 16 | 37 | They were spaced about every ten feet on the rope. |
| 16 | 38 | Still, even resting periodically, the climb was an exhausting one. |
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I heard Harold's voice in the darkness, sounding hollow against the tiled walls and over the water.
"The tiles must be periodically inspected," he said, "and for this purpose there are foot knots in the rope".
I breathed a sigh of relief.
It is one thing to descend a long rope and quite another, even in the lesser gravity of Gor, to climb one—particularly one as long as that which I now saw dimly above me.
The foot knots were done with subsidiary rope but worked into the fiber of the main rope and glued over so as to be almost one with it.
They were spaced about every ten feet on the rope.
Still, even resting periodically, the climb was an exhausting one.
- (Nomads of Gor)