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The mental endurance that you need to be able to wait for this lucky moment, that’s something that you just need to have with you. They needed luck and they were given it. The weather improved and gave its OK for the rest of the climb. The rock, on the other hand, still had a number of surprises in store. The difficulty of the final pitches ought to be a great deal easier than those below, promised the topo, but it was still a tricky business. The system of chimneys, rated grade 7, had been partially iced over and was covered in snow following the previous spate of bad weather:
“EVEN ON THE LAST FEW METRES THE ASGARD DID US NO FAVOURS.”
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