Summit!

“Do we need the rope?” I belayed Rod around the corner and, watching as he went up, I waited eagerly for a response. My heart was racing! Could this really be it! It seemed like the mountain had finally accepted us. I removed the rope and with my excitement and anticipation, using all four limbs scrambled as quickly as I could up and round the corner.

 

A mixed snow and rock slope seemed to welcome us in and beckoned us on to finally reveal the summit. As we moved upward it revealed a flat snow platform with a small rocky peak on the far end. We had made it!!! Standing on that snow platform with the actual summit only metres away I was awestruck and savoured the moment before taking the final steps.

 

I can’t really explain the feeling. I imagine if I received a call and someone told me I had won the lotto that that would be the closest thing to describe how it felt to be standing here. Even now when I'm writing about it I have that feeling coming back. After three days of hard work and with the seeming impossible before us at times we had overcome and persisted to finally stand on top. Our first summit!

 

Done