Kokou no Hito 164

My mind might be playing tricks on me...

[Kokou no Hito 164 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Title: 164th Climb Determination
Buntarou: I'll go home.
I'll go home. [Mirrored]
Alive
to my family...

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Title: 164th Climb Determination
Timestamp: 7/23
12:50 PM
K2 East Face
Terace Mid-way up a Hanging Glacier
8200m
Air Temperature -25°C

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Buntarou: What'm I doing? I wasn't even self-belayed.
One more step and I would've fallen 1000 meters straight down.
Pull yourself together!!!
Didn't you climb this far in order to make it home alive...?

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Narration: 5 Hours Earlier----
Timestamp: 7/23
7:20 AM
K2 East Face
Mid-way up a Hanging Glacier
8150m
Air Temperature -27°C

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Buntarou: This is no good either!!!
The ice is too hard, I can't get a good grip on it with my axe!!!
It's too dangerous to carry on with just the edge of the blade piercing in.
Firm support points are necessary in order to descend a hanging glacier.
I'll have to climb up until I can reach a point where I can be secure.

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Buntarou: Not yet, Rokka!!!

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Buntarou: One more time...
I want to hug Rokka one more time.
Because I've decided I'm not making it to the top
I'm sure I can make it back alive... ["make it back" mirrored.]

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[This page, on the grand scheme, must have been easy to draw.]

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[I can see.]

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Buntarou: This can't be...

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Buntarou: My body......
won't move...

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Buntarou: The weather is changed...?!!
Don't tell me I blacked out...?!
Just how on earth long...
It's 15 minutes since I last looked at my watch, but it should be under 5.
I have to gain a support point and descend as fast as possible or...!!!
Dammit. I really can't move...
To stay in this area with 1/3 normal oxygen density for a prolonged period means death...

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Buntarou: No choice...
Will my body recover first... ["first" mirrored.]
Will I succumb to altitude impairments...?
Or will this snow cause an avalanche and wash everything away?
I'll have to gamble on it...

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[The world is white.]

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Narration: And 5 hours later, present.
7/23
1:06 PM
Buntarou: An avalanche hasn't happened yet.
Nor have there been any altitude impairments. And my stamina is completely back. ["altitude" mirrored.]
I won't make the mistake of thinking about Rokka and letting my pace fall apart again.
I won't think of anything, and just walk with a clear head.
It's okay now.

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I won my gamble---------... ["won my gamble" mirrored.]

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