"What those metal things with steps are called"Attorneys will argue about anything, but with only a little more information provided there isn't much to argue about. Stairs and ladders covers most of them (sticking to English). I've yet to come across anybody willing to argue either is really a patio.

You too could have a permanent design on youe body that looks cool one one unlikely angle providing the viewer does not have two working eyes...

Zoom also has some major security flaws that the company has not responded adequately (or remotely impressively) to on being informed of.

Look up Descarte's Demon (16th century) and before that Plato's Cave (Ancient Greece - BC).Also the "Brain in a vat" ideas that extrapolate on both - also before computers existed (pre ww2)

I wonder what other experiences humans have looked for meaning in and found answers that they - in their limited understanding of sociology, nuerology and the physical world - were only able to find spiritual answers for?Luckily we all have a far more rational approach and demand more rigorous proof before believing in such fanciful nonsense as invisible patronising men who live in the sky now.

It seems to screw up the primary function of the handrail though - to be reachable by the hands

Guy has been called out by quackwatch.

It's called a "panhandle". A number of countries and states have them for various reason's so it's worth a google

Are the native guides considered part of his party also?

You'd better be careful, the people with the trademark "choose your own adventure" are extremely defensive of it... even when people don't use the term. Eg: https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/11/18178846/netflix-black-mirror-bandersnatch-choose-your-own-adventure-book-trademark-lawsuit-chooseco

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The phrase 'the daily mail reports' needs quotation marks around the word "reports". They are not a credible source for anything.