Heh, it seems I have been operating under the false assumption that the other door was still a possibility without a chainsaw. How far across is the pit again? 5ft if my memory serves (of course I could always go back through the posts to find out myself). Anyway, I guess that's what happens when you vanish for a week.
Edit: I apologize, I had fully intended to post something (I even had some good ideas), but when I was finishing it, my keyboard registered the backspace as 'back' so I lost the post (wasn't too long, thank goodness) but I have to go now. I will fight to do it later, or maybe bring half of it up now.