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The wind howled, tearing at her gloves as she dug crampons into ice-crusted granite. Every muscle burned—three vertical miles below the summit, above a labyrinth of crevasses yawning like frozen jaws. She tested the next hold, knuckles white on her ice axe. A storm brewed on the horizon, violet clouds devouring the sky. No room for error. Her harness bit into her hips, carabiners clinking against the rope as she leaned left to bypass a serac wall glinting like broken glass. Pulse thundering in her ears, she pressed forward—one deliberate move at a time. Below, a rockslide erupted, debris screaming past. She flattened against the face, ice pelting her visor. The anchor held. Breath visible in the thinning air, she recalibrated: traverse right, use the overhang for cover. Her chalk bag swung wildly as she stretched for a fissure, fingertips finding purchase millimeters deep. Trust your training. The mantra steadied her. At dusk, the temperature plunged. Frost feathered her eyelashes. She hammered a piton into a seam, securing the line for the overnight bivvy. Avalanche warnings crackled over the radio—sleep would wait. She rationed melted snow, eyes scanning the slope above. Predawn brought clarity: a narrow couloir, untouched powder masking hidden crevasses. She switched to a figure-eight descender, rappelling into the gully’s throat. Summit day. Oxygen-starved, she navigated the cornice ridge—a dance on the knife’s edge. Whiteout conditions blurred horizon and void. A misstep sent ice shattering into the abyss; she arrested the fall with a hip thrust, axe screeching against blue ice. Heartbeats later, sunlight speared through the clouds. The peak materialized, close enough to touch. She unclipped the flag, wind snapping it taut—victory etched in frozen breaths and trembling hands. Survival wasn’t luck. It was the calculated flick of a wrist placing protection, the knots double-checked at every ledge, the way she’d memorized the mountain’s moods like a lover’s tells. Downclimbing would be harder. But for now, she let the triumph burn brighter than the gathering storm.
