Cory Richardsのインスタグラム(coryrichards) - 5月14日 19時50分

These are the moments that matter. When the only thing that is going right is the person you are sharing the rope with. After a sleepless night at 25,000 ft. @adrianballinger scrambles amidst the chaos of a collapsing tent to put his crampons on. It's in the moments when it all seems to be falling apart that a partnership's collective cool matters most.

Last night was rough. We arrived at our camp in the debilitating Himalayan heat that is so often underestimated. Our tent was pitched on a manufactured ice platform jutting out from a firm 35 degree snow slope. A common home on mountains like this. Thankful to be out of the sun, we ate and drank as much as our altitude affected bodies would allow until night fell. Neither of us had noticed the stiff breeze gathering force from the west.
By 10:00 pm, my side of the tent was almost fully collapsed under a hundred pounds of drift snow and Adrian's side was being not-so-gently pushed off the platform. Pieces of gear were lost in the fold created by the weight and the nylon wall hung just a few inches from my face. The poles were bowing to their maximum endurance. It was time to crawl out into the darkness and dig our little shelter out.
And this happened with little discussion or alarm. I was more concerned than Adrian. It was a clockwork effort with the exchange of few words. We crawled back in 20 minutes later, covered in melting snow, and laughed.
The night passed, the wind persisted, and as it always does, morning came. The winds too high to go up, the only option was down. It was an imperfect end to an imperfect night. And sometimes, imperfect images...fog on the lens, poorly exposed, and way too much motion blur....sometimes those images best describe the moments that matter most. @エディー・バウアー #liveyouradventure Visit snapchat EverestNoFilter for a play by play of our No Os attempt of Everest's North Side.

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