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True or false: The writer encounters a drop-off that is eleven or twelve feet high, a foot higher and of a different geometry than the overhang he descended ten minutes ago.
True or false: The writer encounters a drop-off that is eleven or twelve feet high, a foot higher and of a different geometry than the overhang he descended ten minutes ago.
True
True or false: The slot narrows to a consistent three feet across at the lip of the drop-off and continues at that width for fifty feet down the canyon.
True or false: The slot narrows to a consistent three feet across at the lip of the drop-off and continues at that width for fifty feet down the canyon.
True
True or false: The technique of stemming or chimneying involves pushing out in opposite directions against the walls with hands, feet, and back.
True or false: The technique of stemming or chimneying involves pushing out in opposite directions against the walls with hands, feet, and back.
True
True or false: Just below the ledge where the writer is standing is a chockstone the size of a large bus tire, stuck fast in the channel between the walls.
True or false: Just below the ledge where the writer is standing is a chockstone the size of a large bus tire, stuck fast in the channel between the walls.
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True or false: If the writer can step onto the chockstone, he will have a nine-foot height to descend, less than that of the first overhang.
True or false: If the writer can step onto the chockstone, he will have a nine-foot height to descend, less than that of the first overhang.
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Sometimes in narrow passages like this one, it’s possible for me to stem my body across the ______, with my feet and back pushing out in opposite directions against the walls.
Sometimes in narrow passages like this one, it’s possible for me to stem my body across the ______, with my feet and back pushing out in opposite directions against the walls.
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Controlling this counterpressure by switching my hands and feet on the opposing walls, I can move up or down the ______ crevice fairly easily as long as the friction contact stays solid between the walls and my hands, feet, and back.
Controlling this counterpressure by switching my hands and feet on the opposing walls, I can move up or down the ______ crevice fairly easily as long as the friction contact stays solid between the walls and my hands, feet, and back.
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Just below the ledge where I’m standing is a ______ the size of a large bus tire, stuck fast in the channel between the walls, a few feet out from the lip.
Just below the ledge where I’m standing is a ______ the size of a large bus tire, stuck fast in the channel between the walls, a few feet out from the lip.
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If I can step onto it, then I’ll have a nine-foot height to descend, less than that of the first ______.
If I can step onto it, then I’ll have a nine-foot height to descend, less than that of the first ______.
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Instead of the walls widening after the drop-off, or opening into a bowl at the bottom of the canyon, here the ______ narrows to a consistent three feet across at the lip of the drop-off and continues at that width for fifty feet down the canyon.
Instead of the walls widening after the drop-off, or opening into a bowl at the bottom of the canyon, here the ______ narrows to a consistent three feet across at the lip of the drop-off and continues at that width for fifty feet down the canyon.
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