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anchor line

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anchor cable
A cable or line, one end of which is held in a fixed position.


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He ascended in the water to his required decompression stop depth without using an anchor line because he could not find it.
When Moore heard his friend had died on March 15, he wondered if Wolgamott had taken his own life, had finally given in to the cerebellar ataxia disorder that was slowly dragging him down like a man whose anchor line was wrapped around his foot.
In the pre-dive briefing he told us to descend the anchor line and form up at a sandy patch with our backs against a coral wall so the sharks can't sneak up on us.
 
 
 
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