:35:01
My hands were cold, my feet
were... I was very very cold.
:35:09
It was a desperate position, made worse
by the fact that that I had no idea
:35:13
what Joe was doing, or
what position he was in.
:35:17
I just couldn't figure out why it was taking
him so long to get his weight off the rope,
:35:23
there was no sensible
explanation for it.
:35:31
I got one on, and I clipped it to my
chest, because that would keep me upright.
:35:37
And I tried to put the other one on,
and I had real trouble with my hands.
:35:49
And I dropped the bloody
thing, and I watched it fall.
:35:54
And I knew that I was stuffed then.
:35:59
I just thought, "Well,
I can't climb the rope",
:36:01
this idea that you can climb a
rope hand over hand, you can't,
:36:03
especially when your hands are
frozen. You just can't do it.
:36:16
Nothing I can do, and I
felt completely helpless.
:36:20
And really angry.
:36:33
There was nothing I could do. I
couldn't get the weight off the rope,
:36:37
I was just there, and this went
on for maybe an hour and a half,
:36:42
during which time my position
became more and more desperate.
:36:45
I was struggling to maintain the,
sort of shivery seat that I sat in,
:36:51
and the snow was gradually
sliding away from under me.
:36:57
So my position was getting desperate.