love how cool he is about missing his first attempt > The weather was deteriorating, we’d used all of the rope we’d brought with us, the conditions were gettin

love how cool he is about missing his first attempt > The weather was deteriorating, we’d used all of the rope we’d brought with us, the conditions were getting worse and worse by the minute. That umbilical cord of safety was stretched and maybe almost broken, and we figured we might be able to get to the top, but no way were we going to get down. And climbing a mountain has to be a round trip. a plan isn't a strategy unless it accounts for resource trends and contingencies this is why people tabletop / wargame things when they're important + involve uncertainty