The "drop on ascension" is a common thing and often happened to my parties. Doesn't matter who is or is not in the group. Most of mine had no NPC's but they fell anyway.
Never went on the outside elevator myself. However, I've had parties crushed on the regular elevator in the tree, the descending platform to Z'ant, and a few mishaps climbing up to the Cryptkeeper. I suspect in each case it was a matter of positioning. Sometimes the game can be very picky.
Nightowl2
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