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Simon Yates and his climbing buddy Joe Simpson are going on a life-changing trip.

What kind of trip are they going on? They are going on a life-changing trip. Who is going on a life-changing trip? Simon Yates and his climbing buddy Joe Simpson are going on a life-changing trip.

They are facing fierce conditions.

Are they facing peaceful conditions? No, they aren’t facing peaceful conditions. They are facing fierce conditions.

The light is fading as Yates and Simpson climb the West face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes.

What is fading? The light is fading. Is the light fading as they walk on the beach? No, the light isn’t fading as they walk on the beach. The light is fading as they climb the mountain.

Exhaustion and frostbite are forcing the two to make a quick descent.

What is forcing them to make a quick descent? Exhaustion and frostbite are forcing them to make a quick descent.

Simpson is stumbling and breaking his leg.

Who is stumbling? Simpson is stumbling. Is he also breaking his arm? No, he isn’t also breaking his arm. He is also breaking his leg.

They are thinking that a rescue party finding them was out of the question on such a remote mountain.

What are they thinking is out of the question? They are thinking that a rescue party finding them was out of the question on such a remote mountain.

Simpson is resigning himself to die a lonely death on the mountain. Yates is thinking of a different solution.

Who is resigning himself to a lonely death on the mountain? Simpson is resigning himself to a lonely death on the mountain. What is Yates thinking? Yates is thinking of a different solution.

Connected by a rope, Yates is beginning to lower his crippled friend.

What is he beginning to do? He is beginning to lower his crippled friend. Who is beginning to lower his crippled friend? Yates is beginning to lower his crippled friend.

They are facing darkness and appalling conditions.

What are they facing? They are facing darkness and appalling conditions.

They are descending 3,000 feet in this manner.

How far are they descending? They are descending 3,000 feet.

Yates is accidentally lowering Simpson into a place where he is unable to support his own weight.

Is Yates accidentally lowering Simpson into a place where he is unable to support his own weight? Yes, Yates is accidentally lowering Simpson into a place where he is unable to support his own weight.

Yates is looking down into darkness. He is wondering whether his friend who was below him is still alive.

Where is Yates looking? Yates is looking down into darkness. What is he wondering? He is wondering whether his friend who was below him is still alive.

Yates is holding on to the rope, which connects the pair.

What is he holding on to? He is holding on to the rope.

Seconds are becoming minutes and minutes are becoming hours, until Yates’ grip is slipping. Inch by inch he is being dragged closer to the void, which will kill them both.

Whose grip is slipping? Yates’ grip is slipping. Where is he being dragged? He is being dragged closer to the void.

On that desolate mountainside, the 22-year-old Yates is making a decision most of us will never face.

Is he making a decision most of us will never face? Yes, he is making a decision most of us will never face. Is he making this decision on a boat? No, he isn’t making this decision on a boat. He is making this decision on a mountainside.

The two friends are being dragged to a certain death. He is cutting the rope and saying goodbye to his friend who will probably die.

Are they being dragged to a certain death or a possible death? They are being dragged to a certain death. What is he cutting? He is cutting the rope. Who is he saying goodbye to? He is saying goodbye to his friend.