How the hell....(possible spoiler)

[IainOv]

Do you jump to the timed door in the room with ledges (Temple of Kahmoon)? I have read the walk throughs and the glib phrase

" Use the Grapple to catch the ring of the door on the opposite side. Pull it to fully open it (90 degrees). When you do that, Lara de-catches the ring automatically. Quickly jump to grab the gold ring on the ceiling, swing once (let Lara swing away from your screen once) and jump to the door before it closes."

but on my PS2 the rope is so short when I jump for the swing that the door is closed and she drops into the water, or to her death on a ledge. Extremely frustrating and taking me longer to get past than those ******* centaurs. Can anybody offer some pearls of wisdom or at least point out were I'm making an elementary mistake?

[Vickkyyy]

well,
you just have to make sure you dont let go yourself, let it let go by itself,
you may not be in the right spot when your pulling it down,
swing on the ring that is on the roof ( not the one that pulled the thing down )
then go and jump on it, it'll go back down.
keep trying,
it took me 1 or 2 times.
it is frustrating.
take a break, dont let it stress you out.

[john_york]

If your rope is too short, try firing your grapple a little later, after you've reached the heighest part of your jump. Risky, but may pay off.

Also, stand as close to the edge of the platform whist grappling, and keep hold of interact until she detracts her grapple herself, if you release it early, you won't make it across.

[IainOv]

Thanks very much, walking to the edge of the ledge has done it. It doesn't help that my TR head sumbliminally makes me press square for jump and x for action when autmatically reacting to new situations. What the hell were CD thinking when they changed all that around?

[Xian Priestess]

I had no trouble with this and got it only the second time - once I realised the door/ledge was on timer. The tips given so far are sound, but another one - don't panic if you see the door start to swing back up. As long as she grabs the edge (you can only have one swing on the rope) her weight will pull it back down to stand on. Make sure you are at the edge before pressing the analogue stick forward to jump with a rapid X and square. Keep the analogue stick going forward and press X again to jump at the end. She WILL make it - honest! You just have to make sure there is only one swing on the rope.

ETA: Sorry Ian - didn't see you'd done it.

[IainOv]

Thanks for the replies. My fall back was trying to be too human, i.e. standing too far from the edge, feel a bit dumb now (and I'd add a suitable smiley face if I knew how).