I think the rope was endowed with some form of enchantment, for after Sam and Frodo had climbed down it,then only after Sam mentioned Galadriel's name did it "let go" of the rock it was tied around.Also, I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but when they bound Gollum with the rope, he screamed horribly and claimed that the rope was "burning" him.Elvish magic? Possibly...
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The Dwarf breathes so loud I could've shot him in the dark, drunk, blindfolded and hanging upside down from a tree.
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