The mechanismofverticalbearing capacity rootfoundation was analyzed, and theimprovement of bearing capacity due to the soil compactionand the bending resistance of roots was discussed.
And then there is the strange life force of the Delphos, the way its hem pools on the ground like the spreading roots of a tree, and how the vertical pleating begins to look like bark.
They must scale the near-vertical base by climbing rocks and tree roots like ladders -- or take a longer switchback trail -- and then begin an arduous hike uphill, sliding on mud and grasping at alders and shrubs to pull themselves up.