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There were four men in an egg gathering gang, one suspended
by the rope, who climbed down to collect the eggs, signalling
by a handline and using his feet to keep himself from the cliff
face (similar to the abseiling of today) and three at the top.
It was on these three men, and the strength of the rope, that
the climber depended. Of course the rope was carefully examined
each time, but the cliff's razor sharp flints could fray it,
and lumps of loose chalk or flint, knocked out of place by startled
birds, could fall and hit the climber, so that most of them wore
thick head coverings. |
