I was a part of the beef team, a four-man cohort whose mission it was to pull the rope bridge taut.  After it was locked in, we'd check our Swiss seats, jump up, and clip in, our rubber ducks hanging from slings on our backs.  Rangers lead the way.  Low crawl, high crawl, PT studs the lot of us.  I still wonder why I put it on safety after only a year.

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