Have you ever seen a tent hanging off a cliff in the middle of (1)__________ and wondered what it’s doing there? (2)___________ you haven’t, then you don’t know (3)_________ cliff camping is. Rock climbers spend many days and nights rock climbing, (4)_________ they often have to camp in the mountains during their trip. That is (5)__________ many of them carry portaledges with them. These are hanging tents that climbers can set (6)__________ on mountain cliffs. Many people would shake (7)__________ fear at that idea, but for professional rock climbers it’s not scary at all.
Jeff Stinson, who is a rock climber, (8)________ to camp outdoors all the time, but he soon got tired of it and wanted to try something new. He was
(9)__________ luck. His friend, Danny Cooper, had tried cliff camping many times before, so they decided to go rock climbing together at the Yosemite National Park. (10)__________ first, Jeff was a little worried (11)__________ sitting in a tent, hanging thousands (12)_________ feet in the air. But Danny seemed pretty confident (13)__________ the tent was hanging from special safety ropes. “It was actually enjoyable and the view was (14)___________ breathtaking,” says Jeff. “The only difficult part is when you have to get supplies or food (15) __________ outside the tent.”
KEY
1. nowhere
2. If
3. what
4. so
5. why
portaledge: hanging tent designed for rock climbers.
6. up
7. with
8. used
9. in
luck:
in ~ You're in luck?there are just two tickets left. | out of ~ I had hoped there would be another train, but I was out of luck.
10. At
11. about
12. of
13. because
14. absolutely
also possible: quite, truly
15. from
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