guide-rope

As I ran at full speed, with my nose up in the atmosphere, and intent only upon the purloiner of my property, I suddenly perceived that my feet rested no longer upon terre firma; the fact is, I had thrown myself over a precipice, and should inevitably have been dashed to pieces, but for my good fortune in grasping the end of a long guide-rope, which descended from a passing balloon.

Archive 2008-12-01 2008

As I ran at full speed, with my nose up in the atmosphere, and intent only upon the purloiner of my property, I suddenly perceived that my feet rested no longer upon terra-firma; the fact is, I had thrown myself over a precipice, and should inevitably have been dashed to pieces but for my good fortune in grasping the end of a long guide-rope which depended from a passing balloon.

Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Something was happening, in between, up there 2009

I'm three-quarters through the back-cut when the tree begins to lean wrong, falling toward my truck in slo-motion, and I already see the bed crushed when Donny heaves on the guide-rope, barely managing to swing the trunk just past the trailer hitch so it's only branches scratching the truck and no real weight hitting the bed.

Three Ways of the Saw Matt Mullins 2008

    I'm three-quarters through the back-cut when the tree begins to lean wrong, falling toward my truck in slo-motion, and I already see the bed crushed when Donny heaves on the guide-rope, barely managing to swing the trunk just past the trailer hitch so it's only branches scratching the truck and no real weight hitting the bed.

Three Ways of the Saw 2008

And at last his guide-rope was trailing again, and he found it possible to attempt a landing.

The War in the Air Herbert George 2006

He rode for a space in silence, his hand on the camel's guide-rope.

The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

Two half squads of mounted raiders were stationed ten to fifteen yards up the gentle slope from the shoreline, each group above one of the guide-rope posts.

Darkness Modesitt, L. E. 2003

He rode for a space in silence, his hand on the camel's guide-rope.

The Bloody Crown of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

He rode for a space in silence, his hand on the camel's guide-rope.

The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

We were drifting slowly along about ten feet above the floor of the sea, nose tilted slightly upwards by the drag of the wire, our guide-rope dangling down below the observation chamber and just brushing the rock and coral formations or dragging over a sponge-bar.

Fear is the Key MacLean, Alistair 1961