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I see a switch on the wall in the next section, but I can't reach it!
  • 1 of 12: First, if you can't find that section, it's at the top of a short elevator ride that you and Yorda can take from the previous set of idol doors.
  • 2 of 12: Look above you in the area with the switch.
  • 3 of 12: There's a box on a high platform to your right as you're coming out of the elevator.
  • 4 of 12: Of course, you can't just jump up to that platform either -- it's pretty high up.
  • 5 of 12: You're going to have to get there a slightly longer way.
  • 6 of 12: Look to the right of the switch.
  • 7 of 12: At the fence.
  • 8 of 12: There's a hole in the fence, and you can climb down to some ledges below that hole.
  • 9 of 12: There are three sets of narrow ledges with gaps in them at various points, which together, will get you closer to the platform.
  • 10 of 12: Once you're back on solid ground, continue up several sets of stone blocks until you're at some more partially broken narrow ledges.
  • 11 of 12: The idea's basically the same here as with the last ledges -- just work around the gaps, climbing up whenever you can.  This time, though, you just have to go straight up.
  • 12 of 12: When you get to the top of those ledges, the box will be within reach.  Push it off the edge and use it to reach the switch -- or to reach back to the upper level where you got the box.