The fortress stands on the edge of a crag that drops sheer to the river, and, from the valley floor, appeared completely inaccessible.
I'd expected the grandeur — the sheer cliffs, the river braided by floods, the grizzly-bear tracks across the beaches where we pitched camp.
Regardless of whether this strike improves their working lot, the pilots have already achieved one thing: they have reminded the country that sheer brawn and river skills still drive a part of America's prosperity.
The Volga's immense economic, cultural, and historic importance along with the sheer size of the river and its basin ranks it among the world's great rivers.
With 10,000 Serbs on the northern side and 90,000 Albanians south of the river, the sheer demographics explain their fears.
Encasing the entire underside of the bridge in cupro-nickel then throwing it into a tidal river is sheer profligacy.
Families are having fun in the pools, but the sheer length of the river, the abundant vegetation, and the wide choice of swimming spots means it never feels crowded.
Harry, our pilot, swooped low to show us the river — a sheer cliff on one bank overlooking braided channels that twisted through the tundra — before circling back to a tiny lake a mile away where he splashed down to drop us off.
The jeeps travel on rudimentary dirt tracks (built to access Tahiti's network of hydroelectric stations) and skirt sheer drops overlooking vast river valleys while going up hills so steep you feel like gravity is no longer on your side.
Introduced carp dominate the fish faunas of lowland Murray-Darling rivers; the sheer amount of biomass carp now take up, and the large numbers of larvae carp produce, causes serious negative effects on river ecosystems and native fish.
