CHAPDISC: HBP 27, The Lightning-Struck Tower

[MercuryBlue]

No: HPFGUIDX 163217

> 1.	If Harry is able to apparate to Hogsmead from the nearest 
> boulder, why couldn't they have apparated closer to the cave and 
> saved themselves the climb and the tiring swim?

I don't have the book right now or I'd quote that passage to you, 
but I had to reread it very carefully to rewrite it for my fic, and 
it looks to me as if Dumbledore Apparated them to the rock, they 
swam about three feet to reach the tunnel, then they swam however 
far along the tunnel until they found the place to climb out of the 
water (I bet Harry and Dumbledore were there at high tide and Tom 
and his tagalongs at low tide), then on the way out of the cave, 
Harry climbed onto the nearest rock to Apparate them out. It 
happened to be the same rock they'd Apparated in onto.

I'm not sure what you're talking about with the climb (I want to 
double-check the passage), but the swim was unavoidable, unless 
they'd Apparated right into the cave, which was probably impossible 
due to anti-Apparition wards, and probably a dumb idea in any case, 
given that it's certainly possible for Apparition to take you 
somewhere other than where you meant to go (example Charlie's first 
Apparition test). I sincerely doubt that anyone who Apparates into 
solid rock has the slightest chance of getting out again.

MercuryBlue