Almost down
With his pulse pounding in his ears, he shined his light downward again and saw that the floor was only about 10 feet below him. He shifted his feet carefully, lowered himself hand over hand, and inched further down the rope. Dust and tiny stones dislodged from above drifted past him, catching his flashlight in delicate spirals as they fell onto the floor below.
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