Ready to stand against the fierce storm, they walked out of their shelter only after Taylor used a rope to tie Jinhun's waist to his. Once they stepped into the open, the snow flying vertically blinded them and, only using their footing as guidance, they headed up. Jinhun noticed the thermometer on Taylor's backpack; it was showing minus 34 Celsius.
After half an hour of a nearly impossible fight with nature, the two men were already on the brink of their energy limits. Taylor was convinced that only God's will could get them out alive from this storm. He had his torch lit, but the snow coming from the clouds around them was so thick that it could hardly help them. With their feet freezing, Taylor decided to stop climbing up and headed left in an attempt to go round the mountain.
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