steep rock
Example Sentences
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The entire mountain was shut down to search for the escapee, with hundreds of state officers scouring its steep rock faces, which were at times layered with thick snow.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 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
The 5,000-foot route involves navigating steep rock, ice and snow, the National Park Service said in a statement.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 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
