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is is whipping and and and whistling My feet and and and hands are are cold I I I can barely feel that I’m holding the the axe but my body is still warm In the the the the light of the the the the the head torch we we climb climb the the the the the second ice fall and then I relax the the the the climb climb has gone well but is still strenuous We are now at 6 900 metres The wind has tortured us us us the the the entire way and neither of of us us us has managed to to to to eat anything because of of the the the the wind and the the cold we don’t want to to to to stop for one single second It’s a a a a a a bit scary to to to to to think that I I I I I have to to to keep moving not to to to freeze but I I I I I feel confident anyway I I I I I know I I I I I can can always turn around I I I I I I can can still move my my body my my muscles work because I I I I am strong I I I I have trained I I I I know this Moving After about six hours of climbing we find our our way into a a a a a a a glacier crevasse and get some shelter for the first time since we left camp We eat a a a a a gel but when we we try to drink we we discover that the the water is is frozen frozen It has frozen frozen even though we kept it in in thermoses close to our our bodies inside our thick down jackets It is is close to nine and we have experienced a a a a a a sun rise like no other My highest ever We are still still in in in in in the the the shade and the the the wind is is still still howl- ing However in in in in in in a a a a a a a couple of minutes we we we will will reach the the sun and and we we we hope that the the wind will will calm down It does and and and it’s such a a a a a a a a a relief We eat and and drink the now-slushy water We have reached 7 000 000 metres metres 1 000 000 alti- tude metres metres from our last last camp It has taken us longer than the last last time time we we climbed up even though we we had had had had to spend time time time on on find- ing the the best route that time time time I push away the the thoughts about time time despite its importance Two o’clock is my deadline then I I I need to turn around But I I I shouldn’t focus on the the time It’s