Conquering the mountains was an easy task only on paper or when one did so from behind the screen of his television. With my mind torn between the complete boredom of this arduous journey and the constant vigilance that I didn't dare to lower in such an unfriendly environment, I was forced to acknowledge how difficult this task was.
Back before the apocalypse, my only contact with the topic of climbing was centred around the occasional news of some pro-climbers losing their lives in some disasters or accidents. On such occasions, the internet would explode with couch experts claiming how they would never fall for such misfortune or how stupid those climbers were in the first place when picking their passion.