Tempting Death
My heart pounding
The rocks crumbling
I look back over the edge
The steep slope looming down
As horrifying images of falling pound through my head
I take a step back
Then another
And then.....
I slip
But the rope catches me
And I continue
Tempting death
As I
Abseil.
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