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They were up above me, and
they were just following on,
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and I carried on crawling down,
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utterly convinced that they
were wandering along behind me.
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And I can remember thinking, "that is
really stupid, they would come and help you",
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and I think I persuaded myself
that they were just following on,
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because they didn't want to embarass me
'cause I peed myself and I was crying.
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I don't know how long it
lasted, maybe about an hour.
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I totally believed it, and then
suddenly it was like popping a bubble.
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And then I realized that they weren't
there, and I felt utterly shattered.
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It was about 4 o'clock
when I reached the lake.
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And I that at the far end of
it, there was a meringue dam.
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And from the top of that meringue dam,
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I would be able to look down into
the valley where the base camp was.
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In fact, I would be
able to see the tents.
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This was the first time I thought it,
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I thought, "I'm gonna make the distance,
I can actually make the distance".
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Almost as soon I thought it, the next
thought that popped into my head was,
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"Will there be anyone there?"
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I thought, "Christ, this is the
fourth day since I saw Simon",
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and as I worked it out, I thought,
"Why on earth would they be there?"
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I knew it got dark at six, and thought
"I got to get there, I got to get there",
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and I was trying to do
it as fast as possible.