The winch had started to wind backward: at this point, the winding required a huge effort.

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Our planned route took us, over two nights and three days, from the rustic Wild River Campground, along Meader Ridge, over the rock-strewn Carter Dome and along winding trails skirting Moriah Brook and Wild River back to our starting point.

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His lasting contribution here, he said, was to point out that instead of lugging each sheep up the beautiful winding stone staircase, anaesthetising it and diagnosing pregnancy by opening it up, one could merely feel its belly while it was still outside.

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