The Winding Northward Road

by Rambling Writer

Day 25

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.