:57:03
There werre all these sort of
thoughts swirling around in my mind,
:57:06
guilt, worry, thinking about how on earth
am I going to explain this to Joe's parents,
:57:12
my friends, to Richard.
:57:17
The thought did cross my mind that
maybe I could think up a decent story,
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that would make me look better.
:57:25
And I did quite think about
that, for quite a while.
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Really the only image that sticks
in my mind from all the time in Peru,
:57:40
is seeing this figure.
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And it was fairly close
before I could see who it was.
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But he looked absolutely horrendous.
:57:54
You wouldn't recognize him.
:58:00
And I said, "Where is Joe?"
:58:04
And he just said, "Joe is dead".
:58:07
I told him the whole story,
as we walked back to the camp,
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I told him the whole
story of what had happened.
:58:15
He wasn't in the slightest bit
judgemental about me or what I'd done,
:58:23
he took it very well.
:58:41
I must have lowered myself about 25m from
where the ice screw was at the bridge.
:58:53
I was now in what seemed to
be the base of the crevice,
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that was shaped like a big hourglass.