The avalanches buried many cars and shoved others over the precipice deep into the gorge, said the defense minister, Rahim Wardak.
Bathing-suit clad spectators stand in ankle-deep water, at the precipice of the deepest blue hole in the world and only 20 yards from the diving platform, where world-class freedivers are descending to the edge of credibility at Vertical Blue 2011, an annual invitational competition that ends Monday.
Beneath the picturesque Monterey Bay is an underwater canyon more than two miles deep with steep rocky precipices.
Admittedly, third-year pro Tannehill has dropped to 16-19 astarterrter following defeats at the hands of Buffalo and, more tellingly, a previously winless Kansas City, but the team's sudden lurch towards the precipice goes much deeper than a passer with a career-low quarterback rating of 74.1.
The prospect of a dim historical memory — the antique photograph of the wheelbarrow full of nearly worthless bills — helping to drive the world off the economic precipice and into another deep recession may seem like the height of irrationality and even irresponsibility.
Here we have a nation with 9% plus unemployment, an economy that is deep in recession and at the precipice of worse with a government that protects one sector of the economy, the financial sector, to the vast expense of the working stiffs who keep the country functioning on a day to day basis.
The Broncos sit on the precipice of what could be a deep playoff run.
The rim walk, which takes about two hours and is not particularly strenuous, allows hikers to gaze deep into the center of the gaping crater from its precipice.
The Leissieres, a two-person chair lift, picks up skiers in one valley, scales a ridge, crosses a precipice at about 9,000 feet, and heads down in a deep descent to another valley.
