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Re:Why Timber Towers Are on the Rise in France by vlehto on Thursday November 02, 2017 @04:27AM (#15608701)
Magnets are probably way too expensive. Especially as you could get same functionality with regular fire ladder.
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Re:Why Timber Towers Are on the Rise in France by EGreg on Thursday November 02, 2017 @09:56AM (#15610388)
How would you shimmy down the ladder?

But yes I suppose technically you can have rollers in vertical struts and have them roll down inside the rails, carrying the person.

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