We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember geoff saying
something like:

which reminds me - anyone know a good source for 2.5 or 3mm diameter
nylon cord ?

Venetian blind refurbishers.
You can get it in 100m /500m rolls (like they do), but I'm buggered if I
recall any names of suppliers.