Sentences with phrase «sheer rock faces»

I especially like today's paddle because it takes us through so many small islands and along sheer rock faces.

Charge up your camera as this hike offers everything from mountainous peaks and sheer rock faces to pristine lakes, cascading waterfalls and dense, luxuriant forest.

You place yourself in the hands of strangers who ask you to do foolhardy things, like walk backwards over a precipice with nothing but a rope around your waist or climb a sheer rock face with your fingers and toes.

One of the most famous sites in the park is the sheer rock face of El Capitn.

There are some ridiculous elements, such as little Cody climbing a mile - high sheer rock face or riding on the back of a soaring eagle.

No sheer rock face, deep hole, or collection of boulders could stop the H3T.

As I park in Zion Canyon, in the distance I can see climbers halfway up a sheer rock face.

The 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee is equally adept at hauling a family of five to the mall in absolute comfort as it is climbing a sheer rock face on an off - road trail.

A sheer rock face of competition, it's growing upward at speeds we can't even measure because the biggest retailers don't share their ebook sales numbers.

A visit this afternoon, to Echidna Chasm with its sheer rock face.

I climb the sheer rock face with grooves for my feet and only dusty patches to link my fingers into.

(To reach her final resting place, you must climb aluminum ladders mounted on a sheer rock face!)

The water falls 35 metres down a sheer rock face into a series of lower pools beneath the surrounding forest canopy.

At Port Campbell National Park, the Gibson Steps, originally hand carved into the sheer rock face of Gibson Beach, are now cement poured for safety.

Whether it be traversing a sheer rock face or doing your best not to get lost within a darkened labyrinth.

It can be like climbing a sheer rock face, but is completely worth the effort when it works.

Not exact matches

Climbing harnesses make it possible to go rock climbing, scale up sheer faces and drop down cliffs from above.

The movie features world renowned extreme sports athletes in big wave surfing, wingsuit flying, sheer - face snowboarding, free rock climbing, and high - speed motocross riding.

Flanked alternately by battle - scarred rock faces and sheer drops several hundred feet to the valley floor below for much of its length, the road twists and turns like nothing you've ever seen.

For average non-acrophobes, it probably wouldn't have meant much, but for those of us with a healthy fear of impending death (including a related fear of snakes, spiders and Abba), the idea the narrow metal staircase leading me to the apex of Sigiriya, the 6 - story - high chunk of rock sitting in the central plains of Sri Lanka, was being held in place by a series of small foundations cemented into the sheer granite rock face wasn't the most comforting.

Rappel in various venues around the beautiful Dome, off the Kopjeskraal Road — anything from a 45 metre to a 16 metre abseil off a natural cliff; sheer exhilaration down vertical rock faces.

Named after an 18th century man, Tom Bourke, who had little luck in striking gold but whose namesake rock formations now catch coins attached to golden wishes that descend the sheer cliff faces into said water sculpted pits.

To negotiate a sheer and almost vertical rock face nicknamed El Nariz del Diablo (the Devil's Nose), the railway's builders carved a steeply zig - zagging route directly out of the rock.

Woolamai: Be blown away by the rugged surf beach Grand Prix Track: Take a look at where the action happens * Swan Lake: Wander and spy wetland birds and wallabies from the hidden observation platforms (time permitting) Nobbies, Seal Rocks and The Blowhole: Gaze across the rough headland and spot seals sunbathing Summerlands: Observe the thunderous surf beneath the sheer cliff faces PENGUIN PARADE: Watch the magic as the world's smallest penguins appear out of the surf!

Travellers can canoe, cruise and swim between sheer cliffs to the sandy freshwater beaches of the main gorges, and view ancient Aboriginal rock paintings high on rock faces of this spectacular natural wonder.

The multi-colored volcanic layers plunge steeply into the and sheer faces of rock march up to the top of the range only a few miles inland.

You'll discover ancient pastel - coloured fishing villages dotted along rugged and sheer faces of rock, sweeping views of the azure blue Mediterranean and the very finest in Italian food and drink.

Custom built against a sheer quarry rock face, this innovative climbing centre offers Europe's largest climbing arena, a bouldering room, gym, spa, soft play and more.