Sentence examples for a steep summit from inspiring English sources

The Welshman, 27, is now eight seconds down on Carlos Betancur, who overtook Portuguese world champion Rui Costa on a steep summit finish to win the stage.

More than 35 have died trying to reach its steep summit and countless other injured, most recently a Chinese gentleman who wandered away from the designated trail and fell down a ravine, breaking his hip, ribs and collarbone.

The steep summit cone of Pico do Fogo rises to ~2830 m above sea level and sits within the more than 80,000 years old Monte Amarelo lateral collapse structure that is 9 km wide, open towards the east and associated with debris avalanche deposits on the ocean floor (Day et al. 1999; Fonseca et al. 2003; Masson et al. 2008).

21 The temple of Juno was on the Acropolis of Veii (Liv. V.21, Plut. v. Camill. 5), and at Falerii it stood on the summit of a steep and lofty height.

A brief stretch of open ground preceded a steep climb to the summit.

A forested trail fords the burn and climbs in a steep arc to the summit of a small rocky outcrop known as Witches Craig.

From the saddle, we walked diagonally up across a steep overhang, toward the Western summit.

Compared with the previous day's swims, it was a freezing, brutish outing, followed by a steep climb to the Old Man summit, which at least warmed us up.

The only tough part was a steep boulder-field near the summit, a hazardous stretch where a thick blanket of snow left you uncertain as to whether you were stepping onto solid rock or deep drift.

The camp occupies the summit of a steep hill, its area being nearly eight acres.

It is this tribe who in around 500 BC are thought to have constructed the hill fort that stands on the summit of a steep hill above the River Don at Wincobank, in what is now northeastern Sheffield.