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// Day 25 
// Story: The Winding Northward Road 
// by Rambling Writer 
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Damn damn damn.  I’m stuck.

Woke up, followed the gorge back to the cliff at the edge of the shelf to try and climb down.  It’s a good forty feet down, so if I tried jumping, I’d either die instantly or break a few legs and die of starvation.  Yeah, no.  Cliff was too steep where I was, so I started following it away from the gorge.  But then I soon reached the upper cliff, the one I’d climbed down, and my heart started dropping.  I followed that cliff back to the gorge and couldn’t find a place where I could climb up.  I briefly considered jumping over the gorge, but it’s way too wide all along its length.

So now I’m stuck on a shelf bounded by a cliff that’s too steep to climb down, another that’s too steep to climb up, and a gorge that’s too wide to jump across.

Damn.

I searched around the shelf for something I could use, but there’s not much, mostly trees and rather small rocks.  I looked in my pack to see if there was something I forgot, and I didn’t have rope.  How did I forget to pack ROPE?  Tried to see if my tent ropes could get me down, but they’re too short, I don't trust my own knots, and I’m not sure the ropes themselves could support my weight anyhow.  I tried calling out plenty of times, but nopony's around to answer me.  Might need to see if I can knock down a tree or two and use that for something.

At least I won’t die for a while.  There’s plenty of grass and flowers and stuff for me to eat.  I can get water from the waterfall.  Still, I don’t want to live here, so I’ve got to find a way down soon.  Although I suppose if I pace at the edge enough, EVENTUALLY it’ll get worn down to nothing.  Ha ha, no.

Already feel restless, not being able to go anywhere.  Shelf’s a decent size, it takes about 20 minutes to talk from one end to the other, but still small compared to just being able to walk in a straight line for hours on end.  If I don’t die, I feel like I’ll go crazy.

Trapped on th
Trapped here on this shelf,
Should’ve looked before I leapt.
Stupid stupid stu
Stupid dumb moron.