As he climbs up, he tumbles off the other side, falling about four feet.
The rope fell short by about three feet, as nearly as he was able to judge.
Nelson then fell about 50 feet and received fatal injuries.
The plane crashed in clear weather on approach to land, falling about 1,000 feet short of the runway.
The upper course of the river falls about 14 feet per mile (2.7 m/km).
Within that gap falls about five million square feet of office space, give or take a million.
The large man fell into step about forty feet behind them.
When the train began to move, the boy fell about three feet to the tracks.
On investigation, it was found one turbine blade had broken off and fallen about 750 feet (229 m) away.
He let himself fall about fifteen feet, far enough to see a startled face flash by in a window.