<strong>Marion</strong>built quite a web of ropes around Lou's forelegs to ensure that she would be suspended upside-down, hanging by a rope that was zig-zagging between her calves and the ring four times on each leg, from ankle to knee. The length of each piece of rope was set so that Louise's weight would be shared by all eight contact points. And where the rope circled Louise's legs, it was cinched tight enough to prevent it from sliding, but not enough to cut her blood supply.