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Steve Gray
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Re: Do we need ropes?
Sep 17, 2003, 16:49
Gordon, there's a problem with the method of levering from stuts. The strut will not slide gracefully down the stone as the stone is elevated. It will drop to the ground after the first use.

I hadn't appreciated this problem when I made a similar suggestion myself.

If you want the strut to meet the stone initially at 90 deg, then the distance from the bottom of the strut to the base of the stone will be greater than the length of the strut. The only way to make it work is to have the strut meet the stone at an angle that's considerably less than 70 degrees. In other words, you need a short strut (say 30') that's near to the stone (say 20'). Even so, it's going to slide a long way down the stone before it's finished.
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