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My boot slips on the myriad of small rocks that litter the path and I freeze, my heart pounding. A dislodged pebble rolls to the edge of the path - and the edge of the cliff. Teetering for a moment, it surrenders to gravity and disappears. I hear it crashing into bushes and bouncing off of rocks for what seems like forever.

It is a long time before I move again.