On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:58:19 +0000, steamer wrote:

--There's a very wide, very steep embankment, maybe 8ft height
change top to bottom that gets mowed on the Delta, at the resort
where we go steamboating every year. The groundskeeper's lawnmower has a
long rope with a wooden handle on the end so that it can be 'lowered' over
the berm and retrieved. Works really well.

Is there an anchor of some sort, or does he depend on his shoes not
slipping?

Thanks,
Rich