I heard Toby, my partner on the mountain that day, shouting at me. I looked across. He was safe beneath an overhanging canopy of rock. I could not understand him. Then I felt a thump, and was tugged backwards and round, as though somebody had clamped a heavy hand on my shoulder and turned me to face them. A rock had hit the lid of my rucksack.

　　I looked up again. A rock was heading down straight towards me. Instinctively, I leant backwards and arched my back out from the rock to try to protect my chest. What about my fingers, though, I thought: theyll be crushed flat if it hits them, and Ill never get down. Then I heard a crack directly in front of me, and a tug at my trousers, and a yell from Toby.Are you all right? That went straight through you.The rock had pitched in front of me, and passed through the hoop of my body, between my legs, missing me but snatching at my clothing as it went.

　　Toby and I had spent the evening talking through the events of the morning: what if the big final stone hadnt leapt sideways, what if Id been knocked off, would you have held me, would I have pulled you off? A more experienced mountaineer would probably have thought nothing of it. I knew I would not forget it.

　　词汇：

　　livid adj. 铅色的;青灰色的;非常生气的

　　awkward adj. 笨拙的;尴尬的;棘手的;

　　grip/ɡrip / n. 紧握;支配 vt. 紧握;夹紧

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