Mount Rushmore riddle

[MarciKS]

faced a rocky road ahead

 

[debodun]

Keep going

 

[Aunt Marg]

The sculptor cringed at the thought of being faced with a mountain?

 

[Aunt Marg]

The sculptor was rocked to the core?

 

[Aunt Marg]

The sculptor immediately dreamed of going home and watching the television network, TNT?

 

[Aunt Marg]

The sculptor had thoughts of rock & roll?

 

[Aunt Marg]

The sculptor went glassy-eyed?

 

[Aunt Marg]

The sculptor blacked-out (hence the Black Hills region of South Dakota)?

 

[Aunt Marg]

The sculptor couldn't wait to rush-in?

 

[MarciKS]

i think you got it

 

[Aunt Marg]

i think you got it

I don't know... I think this is one of those sneaky little ones.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Knowing he was at rock-bottom, the sculptor knew the only way to go was to the top?

 

[Aunt Marg]

The sculptor thought he was off his rock-er with his idea?

 

[Aunt Marg]

The sculptor knew it would be a rocky start?

 

[Aunt Marg]

The sculptor started singing, Rocky Mountain High (by John Denver)?

 

[debodun]

There's no word 'rock' or 'stone' in my answer.

 

[Aunt Marg]

The sculptor knew it would a mountain of carving?

 

[Aunt Marg]

The sculptor knew it would be a mountainous task?

 

[debodun]

Not there yet.

 

[Aunt Marg]

The sculptor knew it would be a mountain of work?

 

[debodun]

No words 'mountain' or 'carving' in the answer.

 

[Aunt Marg]

Four faces were staring the sculptor square in the eye?

 

[Aunt Marg]

The sculptor was ready to face-off?

 

[Aunt Marg]

The sculptor knew it was no time to make split-decisions?

 

[Aunt Marg]

The sculptor was split on facing the challenge?