April, 2000.
5:30 am
6:00 am
...tired, lighter now, rustle, zip, bleary eyes, clear sky on the horizon... ...sh_t!...sunrise, go, rustle, pants, boots, go, 45 mins, rocks, scramble, do it in 30min, scramble, river, go, scree, rocks, puffed, scramble, hot, jumper off, rocks, puff...
...first light... sh_t!... more rocks, 30 mins still not there, stop, puffed, glimpse of torres tips all orange. Take a photo, more rocks, scramble, puff, 35mins, reach the top to cloud and quiet & ....grey. Damn!
