Grettir - Climbs up rope

The face of the cliff rose ten fathoms above the water, and it was so sheer that there was no way to climb up.

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65. The She-Troll from the Falls

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A fathom was three ells long, measured as the length between the fingertips of a person's outstretched arms. The cliff is approximately 15 meters high.

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Explanatory Notes

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He attached a stone to a loop at the end of the rope and then lowered the rest of the rope into the water.

'I do not want to have a rope binding me,' said Grettir, 'when I surface behind the waterfall. That idea worries me.'

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When he realized the priest had gone home, he was forced to pull himself up the rope. In this way, he climbed back up the cliff.

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66. Behind the Falls