That’s the Meteora, right? So more like:
Monks need a place to hide from the invading Turks
Monks build a monastery on top of the big rocks that have kept humans alive for over 40k years
Turks are shook when a bunch of monks pull up ladders
They could always go the Roman route to getting to high places.
Do turks not know how to build ladders?
How are they going to get a ladder up a 400+m tall rock? And do you think it would be worth it?
I assume you just wait long enough and they starve. Though you can probably raise chickens up there, and have a little garden. I kind of want to live there now.
You’d probably have to be diligent about collecting rain water. That or dig one hell of a well.
So could we say that this monastery is an unaldultered remnant of greek civilisation?
Besides, all you need to defend agaisnt people going up ladders are a few cauldrons of boiling oil.
400m? a handful of river stones would work, too.
i’m not wasting my cooking oil
two ladders obviously, are you stupid?
They share a lot of weaknesses with early Daleks.
They probably do, but in most cases I reckon you’ll have the upper hand if you find yourself positioned above the ladder as someone’s coming up it.
the voices always say to push the ladder and you mean i finally get to? HOT DOG
James Bond found his way up there, while uninvited, but he’s probably the sole exception.
His true name is Yamis Bondakis, his Greek powers allowed him to accomplish that.
British monks doing this but on remote islands: “There’s absolutely no way this will backfire”
Alright. The “Nobody:” irked me at first but because of its common use I’ve tolerated it but “Absolutely No One:” is where I have to take a stand.
And I think it’s a pain trying to explain the gate code to my DoorDash driver.
