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The stair climbed through the roof of the Chamber and then ascended to the junction with the Awful Path.The twelve exposed portions of the stairway were very hard to climb.There were three traps along the steps: Trap 2: Similar to trap 1, this trap was at the 120' point and corresponded to the seventh exposed section.There were six stairs here, the even ones (2,4 &6) being trapped.The trap released with forty or more pounds of pressure, causing all six stairs to slide into the column for ten seconds.

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  • Awful Stair
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  • The stair climbed through the roof of the Chamber and then ascended to the junction with the Awful Path.The twelve exposed portions of the stairway were very hard to climb.There were three traps along the steps: Trap 2: Similar to trap 1, this trap was at the 120' point and corresponded to the seventh exposed section.There were six stairs here, the even ones (2,4 &6) being trapped.The trap released with forty or more pounds of pressure, causing all six stairs to slide into the column for ten seconds.
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  • The stair climbed through the roof of the Chamber and then ascended to the junction with the Awful Path.The twelve exposed portions of the stairway were very hard to climb.There were three traps along the steps: Trap 1: One hundred feet up the stairway, at the sixth exposed section, there were nine 3' wide steps.The even numbered steps (2,4,6,& 8 ) were trapped.Should thirty or more pounds of direct pressure be applied to any one of them, the step would depress one foot, releasing a water-powered counterweight system inside the basalt column.A series of stone-faced rods would spring from the column, aimed along each of the nine stairs.It was an extremely hard maneuver to avoid being cast off into the Chamber and a medium maneuver in order to avoid falling as a result of the step suddenly depressing. Trap 2: Similar to trap 1, this trap was at the 120' point and corresponded to the seventh exposed section.There were six stairs here, the even ones (2,4 &6) being trapped.The trap released with forty or more pounds of pressure, causing all six stairs to slide into the column for ten seconds. Trap 3: One of these traps occured within every column.In this case, it was set in an enclosed stair section at the 180 ' point. Here there were two trapped pairs of stairs separated by a safe pair of steps.With fifty or more pounds of direct pressure, these stairs, the two between them, and twenty stairs below them, tilted to form a smooth slide.Water immediately issued from a newly-opened aperture in the center of the column, lubricating the slide.At the bottom, a series of blade-like spikes protruded from the ceiling, stair, and walls.
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