Lands lying at high elevations can, of course, be lands of low relief, but on the European continent relief tends to become more rugged as elevation increases.
His sporting interest extended to rugby; he also journeyed west to see Gloucester in action, although his friends used to say that he shielded his eyes from the more rugged exchanges at Gloucester's Kingsholm ground.
You probably remember LaCie's Rugged XL series of hard drives — but they're more rugged and not at all waterproof.
We had the beach to ourselves for days – along with every other beach we visited, from the famous eight miles of pink sand to the more rugged, driftwood strewn one at Two Foot Bay.
It makes people who spend their lives creating disposable luxuries feel slightly virtuous, or at least more rugged than they feel while wearing stilettos.
Yet many of the commercial sectors the company lists as focuses for its PR activities – "oil and gas", "mining", "financial institutions", "Russia" – suggest a readiness to work at the more rugged end of international capitalism.
At the more rugged end of the spectrum, Outdoor Adventure River Specialists (www.oars.com), which organizes river rafting and kayaking trips, said its business had been holding up better than that of some outfitters -- partly because almost all of its trips are in North America.
Set in a monumental amphitheatre of peaks, ridges and jagged stone bluffs, it's far more rugged than the sweeping farmlands at Appenzell.
Last year, it added a treadmill to its list of livestream devices, along with a more rugged version of its bike targeted at gyms and hotels.
To be sure, it's more rugged than cheaper drives, which have no shock absorption at all and may be vulnerable to a splash of wine, but it's not rugged in the true sense of the word.
