The Rope · a cover motif reimagined as an object to examine up close.
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Breach Pass
On the cover of Breach Pass, the motif is identified as “The Rope.” The avalanche’s sole survivor remembers an ascent in which everyone lived.
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The Limits of This Correspondence
The motif, its illustration, and its appearances can be compared. A resemblance proves neither that the same object has traveled nor that two stories share a continuity.