A nine-foot climb above a narrow ledge above a long drop did not appeal to me.

Just before 4pm the climbers, aged in their late 30s and 40s, reached a narrow ledge beneath a vertical section of rock.

I shouted to a colleague who had abseiled down before me and was now teetering on a narrow ledge he had kicked into the hard-packed snow.

The floor was opening, leaving him perched on a narrow ledge, a thin plank ahead, a gaping pit on either side.

With him in front we crouch-ran along a very narrow ledge of earth along the outer wall of the compound.

The 32-year-old — who was attached to safety ropes — lost his grip on the popular seaside climb and hit a rocky ledge as he fell into the sea.

I exclaimed when the path brought us out onto the rocky ledge that curved around a shoulder of sheer cliff, seven-eighths of the way up the kilometre-high gorge side.

Huddled on a rocky ledge below a large patch of burnt moutainside, which was still emitting heat, the village's sheep were worst affected by the onslaught.

A rocky ledge with only eight feet of water above it spread across the harbor entry, and represented a barrier to vessels of deep draft.

Then he jumped into the sea and the keeper, with great effort, pulled him up over the rocky ledge.