Climb up

You start to shimmy up a particularly tall stone spire. The rough stone gives you a good grip. Soon you are high above the rest of the stubbier stalagmites.

Here's a fun geology fact, stalagmites and stalagtites are formed by the slow dripping of mineral-rich water, building up slowly in layers.

In other words, its wet near the top, which you just found out the hard way. Your grip is slipping, and you tumble back away from the big pillar. A big room full of big spikes does not make for a soft landing. You die!