How to use "boulder" in a sentence

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About three metres from the edge of the drop is a boulder

I chimney to the boulder quite easily.

I lie down, put my hands in two holes on the far edge of the boulder and push my legs over the opposite side to jump down.

As most of my weight pushes on one side of the boulder, it makes a strange sound

I let go of the boulder and drop towards the ground

As I fall, I look up and see the boulder crashing towards my head

I try to push against the boulder with both hands

The boulder then hits my right arm and traps my hand against the right side of the canyon.

This time I push against the boulder with my knees at the same time.

The boulder is a lot heavier than I am.

The first plan is to use the large knife on the multi-tool to chip at the boulder

The second plan is to try and lift the boulder using some of my equipment

I lay the multi-tool on the boulder and reach for the water bottle

12.00 am My headlamp is on and I'm chipping at the boulder

I hit the boulder as hard as I can and the piece of rock falls onto my trapped arm

I lay everything inside it on top of the boulder

If I do it right, the ball will stick in the space between the boulder and the canyon wall.

I've done quite well, but one thought still worries me: I haven't chipped much rock from the boulder

I will use my ropes, webbing and carabiners to try and lift the boulder and free my hand

I tie the other end of the rope around the boulder

Everything holds, but the boulder doesn't move

1.00 pm I've spent four hours trying to lift the boulder, but nothing has worked.

I drop the knife and lay my head on the boulder

I can't lift the boulder

I feel angry with the boulder, but it's not the boulder's fault - it's mine

I didn't tell anyone where I was going, I didn't go with Kristi and Megan to the west canyon, and I didn't get off the boulder when it moved.

I place my camcorder on the boulder, turn it on and start speaking.

I start chipping at the boulder just to keep warm.

I lay my head against the boulder

I try and lift the boulder again by pushing down on the rope with my feet.

I put the camcorder on the boulder, then turn the screen the other way

I try lifting the boulder once more

The boulder doesn't move a millimetre.

I step down and lay my head on the boulder

It's lying open on top of the boulder.

Then, shaking hard, I continue chipping at the boulder

Why not find a hard rock and use it to break the boulder? There's one in a hole in the canyon wall above me

I hit the rock hard against the boulder

By 6.00 pm, I have taken off more of the boulder in three hours than I did in four days

I pick up the black rock and hit it as hard as I can against the boulder

I throw myself against the boulder

I throw the whole weight of my body below the boulder

Before I leave, I take two pictures of the part of my arm still trapped by the boulder

I was trapped by a boulder in the canyon for five days