Hackworth turned around to get Fiona's attention, then pointed something 
out: a second person, making his way along the base of the cliff, out of sight 
of the woman above. Moving carefully and quietly, he eventually reached the 
shelter of the overhang. He gingerly took the dangling end of the rope and tied 
it to something, apparently a piece of hardware fixed into the rock. Then he 
left the way he had come, moving silently and staying close to the cliff.