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Cathy Woodhead reads from 'Reaching Beyond', the autobiography of Denise Evans
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29/11/2024
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I'm reading from Reaching Beyond, the autobiography of Denise Evans, and I'll just basically pick
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this at random, but this was on her first ski touring expedition or trip that she had
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with her brother Ian in the Alps, and this is what happened.
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It was a fine day, and all went swimmingly well at first, though I found the uphill work
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quite taxing and must have been a bit of a drag, as I was conspicuously slower.
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As I plodded up, keeping an eye on Ian's rope, I suddenly became aware that it was no longer
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snaking out in front of me.
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Looking up, I could see no sign of Ian, who had simply disappeared.
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I fabricated a belay with axe and ski poles and hauled on the rope, which did not budge.
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Minutes passed, but there was no sound and no movement.
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If Ian could not extricate himself, we were going to need help.
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We had brought no whistles, so I gave six calls in my loudest voice and repeated them
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after a few moments.
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Later I learnt that I was heard by the guardian of the Monterosa Hut, who had happened to
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come outside just then.
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After what seemed like another age, a head and a hand appeared, and I was able to tell
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Ian that I had called for help.
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S-I-T, S-H-I-T, he said, no doubt worrying about the hefty bill we might have incurred.
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Luckily, Ian had not fallen more than about 30 feet, rattling against the icy walls onto
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some kind of ledge, beneath which the crevasse went down further to darker depths.
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He was able to remove his skis and eventually to post them up and across the crevasse and
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use them as a mantel shelf out of.
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Apart from straining his left shoulder, he was unhurt, and we were able to start skiing
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down, and we hadn't gone very far before a helicopter flew over us.
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We made rigorous signals to show we were all right, as we skied back to the Monterosa Hut
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where we spent another night.
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