But in recent years knots of people often gathered there to watch an odder creature creeping, by feet and hands alone, across the high sheer face of boulder, buttress or cliff.

• 最近几年，时常有人不畏骄阳，前来观摩一个举止更为怪异的“爬行动物”：此人匍匐着身子，单凭原始的手脚并用，便能越过峻峭的巨石、扶壁或悬崖。