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sentences that state something as happening or true
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12%
3 of 26 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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CALGARY - When clinging to the side of a rock wall hundreds of metres in the sky, avoiding a single misstep can save your life.
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avoiding → cling → life
Ben Pearman, a rock climber since age 18, said the idea of the app came to him while his group was trying to determine the best way to climb the south face of Mount Yamnuska in southern Alberta’s Bow Valley.
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group → say → Valley
“You get up there and the whole thing looks sort of like a planar surface from far away, like one big sheer cliff,” Pearman said in an interview.
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“The scale just swallows you.
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scale → swallow → you
And you’re like, ‘Oh man, it’s really easy to get lost here.’”
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it → ’re → ?
The sheer limestone wall of this climbing route is known as Red Shirt, and Pearman said it’s the “crown jewel” of climbing in the Rocky Mountains.
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it → know → Mountains
He decided to turn a climbing map into a project, creating the ThreeTopo app for climbers.
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He used a drone to shoot detailed photos of the 240-metre-tall climb and created a three-dimensional digital copy of that section of the rock face.
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He → use → face
The app examines the potential for new navigation and conveys the information to climbers.
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app → examine → climbers
Pearman said it was also important to make it so climbers could use it one-handed when they consult it at safe points during the climb.
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they → say → climb
As an example, a climber could ask the app for information on the best way forward while at one particular spot in the climb.
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climber → ask → climb
The app could reply: “You’ll want to start traversing left from the anchor.
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You → reply → anchor
Once you hit the corner, start heading upwards until you reach a bolt.
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you → hit → bolt
As soon as you get to that bolt, you need to traverse hard left, passing a pin to reach an anchor on the face.”
In the past, said Pearman, that kind of practical information came only in the form of cryptic, decades-old typewritten notes from other climbers.
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Miles Abesdris, who was in a group of experienced climbers asked to test the app, said it can take some of the scary unknowns out of trad climbing.
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it → ask → climbing
Trad — or traditional climbing — involves the lead climber placing temporary, removable gear into the rock.
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climber → involve → rock
They then clip in a rope to catch a fall.
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They → clip → fall
The second climber comes up behind and removes the devices, leaving nothing behind.
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climber → come → nothing
“The first little while, (trad climbing) is somewhat horrifying, but you kind of become very comfortable there after a while,” said Abesdris, 38.
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Abesdris → become → while
“Your hands and feet are great, but you’ve got to know where to go, right?
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And you kind of follow the weaknesses and you kind of get a Spidey sense of where to go over the years — but sometimes you can be wrong.”
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Pearman intends to make his app publicly available.
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app → intend → ?
He hopes other climbers will follow suit by detailing data on other popular North American routes from B.C. to Nevada, making the sport safer.
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sport → hop → Nevada
“I know a bunch of people who have had to be rescued by helicopter,” he said.
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he → know → helicopter
“Everyone I know has gotten off route at some time.”
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I → know → time
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 6, 2026.
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