It was two days of endless climbing and precipitous descents.

She began the long, precipitous descent to the valley floor.

A precipitous descent brought us to Porthcurno beach, known for its striking, almost weirdly blue waters.

Unlike The Shadow, he had no capability for making precipitous descents.

And we were sliding straight for it as my father fought to halt our precipitous descent.

At the time I hardly knew whether to call them steps or mere footholds in a precipitous descent.

Three minutes later, the aircraft began its precipitous descent into the sea.

The Shadow took the precipitous descent into the court.

It had come down in her precipitous descent, and she hadn't bothered to put it up again.

They can be seen running along the skyline before rounding the cairn and beginning the precipitous descent.