#2 The definition of adventure

Mountain by Christopher Sleight

Dec 9, 201520:05Sports & Recreation

It’s Easter Saturday, 1998. Two climbers are alone in a tiny tent in an isolated Himalayan valley. There’s a gnawing cold and the snow conditions are against them. Should they go for the summit again? Or play it safe and...

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