The trip across South Georgia Island!!!
The decision to ‘slide’ down the mountain, sitting on the gear!!!
Do they have bergschrunds on South Georgia Island?
My father always said, the harder you work, the more luck you will find. That and the Grace of God.
“My father always said, the harder you work, the more luck you will find. That and the Grace of God.”
Interesting on the Grace of God. In Frank Worsley’s book also titled “Endurance” he said he/they sensed another presence accompanying them when they were crossing South Georgia island.
That reminded me of an anecdote related by the famous mountain climber of the 1930s, Frank Smythe, when he was traversing the north ridge of Mt Everest following in the footsteps of Mallory and Irvine from the 1924 expedition. He also wrote that he sensed a presence that was with him. When resting her turned to offer the ‘presence’ some water he thought was sitting next to him. He also reported seeing balloon-like objects floating in the air and was convinced it was not a hallucination.
Perhaps these are artifacts from highly fatigued minds or perhaps it’s something else.