At around 3am on 24 July, as Saturday night at the Secret Garden Party in Cambridgeshire was draining away, a group of five boys was seen cutting the tether ropes that secured the Is Land (as it is known) in place.
The £12,000 helium-filled sculpture of a desert island, an art project which floated above the heads of festival-goers, was vandalised as a group of youths slashed the tether ropes that secured the Is Land sculpture in place.
In the first tests, probably October 3, Wilbur was aboard while the glider flew as a kite not far above the ground with men below holding tether ropes.
Mr. McCullough, whose family has been on the land for generations, said his parents had once tethered a rope between the house and the barn so they could find their way when dust was blowing.
Javelins were tethered by rope and aimed by their throwers at the sea, and, when thrown, would often come down in unexpected locations.
On the day of the avalanche, he said, he watched the dead men being carried out of the ice field tethered to ropes dangling from a helicopter, and he found himself wondering whether scaling Everest was worth the risk.
Around 6 30 a.m., as the Sherpas were tethered to ropes, a chunk of ice broke off, sending an avalanche of ice and snow down into the ice fields on the mountain's south side and engulfing about 30 men.
It was a long trek back, and Fouad was amused, both by Sharp's great riding and our rhythmic lurching, one camel tethered with ropes tied with pom-poms behind the next.
On the undulating roof of the Sage, the concert complex designed by Norman Foster, built at a cost of £70m and opened in December 2004, two men tethered by ropes were polishing the glass panels, one by one; on the north side of the water, people were emerging from well-appointed apartment blocks.
