Beyond the helicoter

"Big John" wrote in message

Hmmm... Jungle... Trees... Rope... For some reason, this strike me as a
really bad idea... Picking up someone from the open ocean (i.e. not on a
boat), probably ok, but trees? Nawh...

Not something you want to try at home, but he very successfully lowered
items into jungle clearings in Ecuador that weren't accessable any
other way except for a 2 week walk. Even ran a wire down the rope and
put a phone in the basket to talk to those on the ground.
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Gene Seibel
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Because we fly, we envy no one.

I read somewhere way back when that postal guys used to deliver mail to
farmers via bucket and rope method from a piper cub. I think it was
Ripley's. Honest to God I did read it.

Bryan