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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.
:37:09
I think psychologically I was beaten.
:37:13
'Cause there was nothing I could do,
:37:15
so I just hung on the
rope and waited to die.
:37:20
And I think I would have died pretty soon,
actually. The wind chill was very low.
:37:38
I was literally going down the
mountain in little, jerky stages.
:37:42
'Cause this soft, sugary snow
collapsed away underneath me.
:37:48
I was expecting him to come off,
and couldn't do anything about it.
:37:53
He was gonna fall about 100m.
:37:56
50m away from me, he was gonna
fall double that, he was gonna die.