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crag

[krag] / kræg /
NOUN
arête
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NOUN
dropoff
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NOUN
precipice
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“This is a really important crag not just in Washington but in the U.S.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2023

Chris and Vicky Binks, who are running the session, are kept busy with constructing anchors at the top of the crag to fix top ropes, setting up equipment and helping climbers pick their routes.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2023

I wonder: Is it because favorite earrings are worn more often, thus putting them in harm’s way, fated to dangle dangerously from the earlobes like an alpinist clinging to a mountain crag?

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2022

What happens when an acute episode of mental illness takes place atop a crag or on a remote expedition?

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2021

He pulled himself up, foothold by foothold, crag by crag, until he wriggled over the top and lay panting and surprised by his feat.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer




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