steep rock
Example Sentences
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Al-Qaqa Ibn Antar had been attempting to climb its steep rock faces on Friday without safety equipment when he fell in, according to local authorities.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Whitney, two climbers realized they were in a treacherous situation — they were stuck in their climbing harnesses, attached to the steep rock wall by ropes as the temperature plummeted toward freezing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2024
In 1972, the community of Naters blasted a path into a steep rock face to offer the herders and sheep an alternative way home.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
It may also have loosened the glacier’s grip on the steep rock it was sitting on, experts said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
Early that morning, when Beidleman had encountered Lopsang on the Balcony, vomiting between his knees into the snow, he’d taken the Sherpa’s two coils of rope to fix on the steep rock steps above.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
