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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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Today, Index is arguably Washington’s most popular crag, or climbing area.

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

I saw a lizard run over the crag; I saw a bee busy among the sweet bilberries.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë


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