steep-climbing

Updated: May 4, 2025

Down went the log, and ready steel flashed as Beltane strode on, his torch aflare, 'twixt oozing walls, up steps of stone that yet were slimy to the tread, on and up by winding passage and steep-climbing stairway, until they came where was a parting of the ways the first still ascending, the second leading off at a sharp angle.

Jeffery Farnol - Beltane the Smith