Vasco gathered up the spare ropes and left at a run.
Then he took all the spare rope he could find in the cabin and tied Cheeky to the harness across his chest.
His spare rope was coiled at his belt, useless.
They had decided the previous night to leave nothing to chance and had made a set of harnesses for themselves from spare rope.
Zainal told him and then gestured at Joe to bring the spare rope.
In the tent had been his pack, with spare ropes, food, extra clothes, sleeping bag.
Finding spare rope in a storage compartment, the sleuths bound the struggling oilman's hands and feet.
The climbers had not been able to retrieve their earlier fixed ropes and consequently there was no spare rope which Dave might use.
Any spare rope was likely to be stored at the stern, where the superstructure was located.
As he was speaking he passed the loop of the spare rope over her head.