"Suddenly I had an inspiration. I'll lasso it, I yelled. No one had thought of that—the only possible solution... Luckily I was pretty fair hand with a lariat. Tying a loop on a lash rope, I made a throw. After several false pitches I finally got the range. The knot caught in a crack of the rock and stuck..."
"Once my right toe was hooked over the little pin, there it had to stay. I couldn't change my position, for there was absolutely nothing above to cling to. But before I could catch the next pin, which was a long throw above, my leg trembled so that I simply had to go down—and that was even more difficult than going up! I had to push my index finger under my toe to get hold of the pin, meanwhile hanging over that empty mile of space..."
