Sentences with phrase «of slippery rocks»

Yet in spite of the slippery rocks, the ghost trees, long - dead pilgrims and bouts of anxiety, I had made the full day's trek without incident.

Be careful of slippery rocks.

Not exact matches

Some think it's the body's way of creating tread so we can grip slippery things better (like attempting to walk through a river on slippery rocks).

We're all just carefully trying to pick our way over the rocks, slippery spots, and potential jabs to enjoy the view life has to offer and with a little bit of sensitivity and understanding going both ways, we can all offer a hand to each other in spite of our differences.

SLIP «N SLIDE A layer of slippery, partially melted rock (red) may separate the Pacific tectonic plate from the underlying mantle, reducing the amount of force required to shift the massive plate, new seismic research suggests.

Stimpson's goby must inch its way up the slippery rocks of waterfalls using its mouth if it is to find a safe spot to breed

One might be some oddity in the composition or structure of the rock at the nucleation site that makes it exceptionally slippery.

The culprit was none other than acid rain, which altered the chemical composition of the rock layer and made it more slippery, they report in the 1 January 2018 issue of Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

The uneven ground is littered with jagged rocks, tufts of slippery grass, and bus - sized boulders — with sheer drop - offs on every side.

Those rocks are slippery, but the Disco's advanced electronics suite makes the best of the available traction.

Despite featuring a selector control similar to Land Rover's Terrain Response system — it allows you to tailor the car's systems to what passes underfoot, be it snow, mud, sand or rock — it runs out of ideas fast when the ground is both slippery and uneven.

Electrically - actuated front and rear differential locks can be utilized for the deepest of mud, and slipperiest rock faces.

My elderly mom used to put down loads of rock salt between her back door and the garage anytime it seemed slippery.

There is also sharp coral and slippery rocks outside of the protected area.

It's a slippery walk among the rocks but a lot of fun.

The rock slippery, the ground somewhat flooded, and trying to see through the large pellets of rain was difficult.

And hoping the gangly moose calf, which scrambles up a slippery rock face, reconnects with her mother swimming in the river in front of our kayaks.

Be aware that these areas can be dangerous because of wave surges, slippery rocks and sharp surfaces, so always keep safety in mind.

Some natural agility and sure - footedness comes in handy as you are wading in and out of pools of water along slippery rocks, and dodging low ceilings and stalactites that could ring your bell (hence the helmets).

If you do visit Havasu Falls be sure to continue your hike down the canyon to Mooney Falls where you must climb through tunnels blasted into the steep rock walls and scramble down slippery metal ladders to reach the base of the falls.

Walking up the muddy wet dirt paths, crossing over the streams of the waterfalls, slippery rocks and fallen treat, the trek took a good 1.5 hours before finally reaching the main fall - a majestic 45 m drop, landing in a shallow pool of ice cold water, perfect for cooling off after the sweaty walk.

Of the three waterfalls you'll pass, only the second falls into a pool deep enough for jumping, and the rocks on its top are very slippery.

It couldn't have been more than five minutes since I'd left the safety of the beach at Lazy Left, and now I was half a kilometre away wondering how to negotiate the slippery rock / shore dump exit at a different surf spot.

This is important because in an age in which «identity» has become the most slippery of constructs, «sickle - cell» has become a rock - solid signifier of Blackness and Black people.

As we travel through this thing called life, we encounter challenging landscapes marked by signs of «FALLING ROCK,» «SLIPPERY WHEN WET», «DETOUR,» or «DO NOT ENTER.»