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an opportunity to prove to the world that everything, anything, was possible if an individual dedicated their heart and mind to a plan.

Disguising my pain and suffering was a skill I practised at all times and I did so by focusing intensely on the job in hand; it helped to shut out the chaos around me.

I recognised the tell-tale indicators of summit fever, a disorientating condition where an individual becomes so obsessed with making it to the top of whichever 8,000-er they’re climbing that they forget the importance of executing the second part of the mission: getting home.

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In turn, that one half-hearted effort might have led to countless other half-hearted efforts on the climb.

At least £750,000 was required to climb the full portfolio of Death Zone mountains, maybe more, so I’d have to approach a series of sponsors, all the while exploring alternative funding options.

The second was for more extreme conditions when the powder was thigh- or waist-high. In those cases, the leading individual had to push forward with their hips, creating a pocket of space before lifting their leg out and rolling the hip over in order to make the next step.

If I could show kids and adults alike what was humanly achievable, then my far-fetched ambitions might inspire others to think big; to push themselves in ways that were previously considered unimaginable.

In the aftermath of Seema’s solo rescue, I’d learned a serious lesson: by using oxygen during my expedition, it had been possible to save her. Without it, the chances of me summoning up enough energy to conduct a rescue would have been slim to none. For that reason, from now on, I was climbing above the higher camps on an 8,000-er with bottled air,