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 Upon the cold stone you climb upwards, the ventilation shaft your only chance of finding a way out of the pit. It is a hard ascent that requires every measure of strength you have, and as you make your way over the huge stones you can feel the exertion working at your arms and legs until you are forced to rest. Between two of the stones you find a small hollow. Within its dark recess you give yourself the time to relax and take a meal. (If you have food you can restore six points to your endurance before continuing. If you have Nahla bread you may add 1 point for each piece eaten. If you have no food or Nahla bread two points may be returned to account for the rest.)
Once rested you continue with the climb, and quickly pass beyond the level of the doorway. It is still more than one hundred metres to the shaft but you press on, eager to find a way out. Some twenty metres from your goal the nature of the wall changes, and in the darkness it forces you to stop. Unlike the rest of the surface the stones here are unstable, many loose and all threatening to pull away if given too much weight to bear. For a moment you consider what you should do but there is little choice. It is a long way down and the shaft is only a short distance overhead.
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You start to climb again but you must rely on both your strength and intuition to make it over this crumbling surface to the ventilation shaft. Test your strength and intuition attributes. If you fail either of these tests turn to section 469. If you pass both of these tests turn to section 464.
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