NOTE: This article was originally published in Stray Outdoors, then an outdoor adventure magazine.
Following the second of a five-pitch descent, I made the mistake of being overconfident on flat land. I tripped and landed hard on a sharply-pointed rock. The pain was intense, but it was only when I sat up that I realized the extent of the damage and the true meaning of being between a rock and a hard place.
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