“I began to experience the feeling that had become familiar after many years of climbing: that as far as enjoyment was concerned, the South Pillar (of The Marmolata) was finished. From now on it was a life or death struggle and if we didn’t get up before dark, it was quite likely to be death “. ~ Don Whillans 1955
“Believe me, if you don’t know what it’s like to laugh till your ribs ache when you’re piss-wet through, half-frozen, hungry and dog-tired, you haven’t lived.” ~ Don Whillans (many years earlier.) |