#1 is one of the things they typically get wrong in stories. Climbing the cable is a nightmare, especially as it gets thicker as you go up. Thus do not climb

#1 is one of the things they typically get wrong in stories. Climbing the cable is a nightmare, especially as it gets thicker as you go up. Thus do not climb the cable! Rather, when the cable is built a whole bunch of anchors are built into it. You are not climbing the cable, you are climbing a track on the side of the cable. The cable's job is to support the track plus any load on it.