Walking on the shattered rock of the peak made a neat sound. You hear it in the first second or two of the video.
I don't feel like i conquered the mountain, or beat it, or any of those metaphors. In fact, finding how difficult it was just to walk up just a tiny little area of the mountain shows how much beyond human dimensions most everything is. The mountain is invulnerable to just about anything... ice is about the only thing stronger. I feel i equalled one aspect of the mountain: its height.
On the decent my legs had about had it. I went back to camp and rewarded myself with fixing stuff on the trailer.Read more