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[Maxwell The Tiger]

BASE CAMP: BOTTOM OF CLIFF

Max finished disassembling his tent and packed it into his backpack, he looked up at the mountain and then to the rest of the climbers.

Max: Ok, today's the day! Sorry about last night, but it was too late to be trying to climb, and we'll still probably need to set up camp half way. Everyone packed and ready?
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[Silvador]

Silvador stood up from the small rock he had been sitting on. He picked up his pack and hoisted it onto his back with a clattering sound from the various pots and other metal objects hanging from the pack's sides. He wore warm black pants and a thick black jacket with a white woolen interior, made obvious with the large collar turned out around his neck.

"All set here." The panther said, his breath visible on the crisp morning air.
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[xAlucardx]

Aremis hoisted his backpack with a grunt as arose from his seat on the ground. He brushed the dirt from his pants, and adjusted the hat on his head.

"I'm ready" he said looking to his fellow hikers
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I dance with the devil and dream with the demons, fell asleep with death and fell short of breath
Fursona Áedán Hilt
Fur Affinity

[BioRust]

"You know it man." Alex said as he got up from lying on the ground. He looked around at everyone and saw them with thick clothing, then looked down at himself, who was just wearing a simple fleeced jacket. He threw his gear on and grabbed his ice axes.
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My DA & FA
Alexander Frost

[Maxwell The Tiger]

He let an almost unnoticeable smirk tear his as he examined the new crew of mountaineers. He had never done this before himself, and he knew it was most likely a possibility that one of the others had some sort of knowledge of climbing or supercilious intentions regarding their knowledge. Max just set aside his own worries and doubts to enjoy this time they would all have, a miniature adventure! Maxwell looked up again at the stunning obstacle in their way, its icy and abrupt rises ans sloping drops, all spread vastly over is mass of powerfully white rock covered in snow.

Max then felt a tingly sensation in his stomach, and it travelled from there up his spine, The condescending Mountain gave him the chills. Literally, and would probably give him much more as they got closer to that awe inspiring summit.. He hoped at least for those chills.

"That top there looks like it could pierce the sky, lets hope we get to see the view from there ey?" He said this with an insecure tone, still just trying to overcome his hidden fear of the imperilment they might face. Max then made sure he had all his gear, he was wearing an insulating full jacket in a bright red colour for the harsh conditions, Rainfall Pants in matching colour, these were for if the caves inside the mountain would be perhaps half flooded. His mountain cap was black and tucked on his head under his hood, his gloves were exceptionally warm and water resistant. Soft shell. He was also wearing some gaiters and had a full face balaclava in his backpack for higher up the mountain. He had with him that he just took down his 1 person tent, a sleeping bag and a portable stove. He had only a small gas cylinder, enough for one use. He hoped someone else would bring one more cylinder as he was already over packed with his equipment of safety lines and hooks as it was. Scaling equipment, and a dead man anchor.

"Ice axe, check. rock pitons, check. Piton hammer, check. Alright, lets head up to that steep overlook first, we can get a good start from there and work our way up to the broken paths.
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[Silvador]

"Lead the way, O glorious leader!" Silvador said with a chuckle. The panther was in high spirits as the crisp mountain air blew down from the towering landmass, sending his hair flowing behind him like some kind of white living creature. He shifted his pack on his shoulders, making sure it was in a comfortable position for the hike ahead.
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[xAlucardx]

Aremis only stared at the mountain that stood before them. He was completely new to traversing such perilous heigts, but he was ready. Aremis felt alive, pushing limits he felt few had before. As he snapped back to his senses at the sound of voices, he turned and said, "heh, lets go shall we"
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I dance with the devil and dream with the demons, fell asleep with death and fell short of breath
Fursona Áedán Hilt
Fur Affinity

[BioRust]

(nice sig Max)
Alex held his ice axes and just looked at the overlook with a small grin "You guys have experience climbing before?" he asked the others without turning his head.
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My DA & FA
Alexander Frost

[Maxwell The Tiger]

The beginning was at foot, Max checked yet again that he was ready. he had revised in his head the equipment and the skills required, now the time had come to put them into effect. With every one ready and willing, sparkling hints of enthusiasm pushed on Maxwell eagerly as he began to move his feet, slowly but surely starting on the path to the overlook. "Yes, Nichols used to make me swim out from Clew Bay in Westwood and to make my way up the jagged rocky cliffs nearby upwards to land when the wind was light. Although that said, I've never traversed a mountain in blizzard like conditions.

Even saying that brought back foul memories of when Max was a young lad, Nichols putting him through ridiculous motions to rid him of his "pansy-ass-ness" as Nic called it. Max continued, the path from the camp went upwards alongside perhaps a 15 ft drop. Not dangerous... but it was getting more twisting and vastly steeper as it became the overlook in the distance, if they could keep their footing it would be good practice for the real danger ahead.
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[Silvador]

Silvador simply raised his eyebrow at Max's words and followed him up the path.
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[xAlucardx]

Aremis felt like questioning who this Nichols was, but decided against it. Instead he looked down the incline next to them. ah, not that bad, he thought, attempting to keep himself encouraged.

The group got ever-closer to the overlook
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I dance with the devil and dream with the demons, fell asleep with death and fell short of breath
Fursona Áedán Hilt
Fur Affinity

[BioRust]

Without even saying a word, Alex followed the others.
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My DA & FA
Alexander Frost

[Maxwell The Tiger]

As Maxwell led them up the path he pondered whether the mapping would be accurate. He had given everyone a copy of it last night just in case, but the old scaling and geography was poor at best so Max could only hope for the best. This was a highly courageous or foolish thing they were doing. But he pulled up the Gaiters and continued to lead the way. As he walked he became increasingly worried about the path, it seemed that the higher it got the less friction was holding them onto the ground. Ice was a terrible thing given the situation even though necessary for the true experience.

The edges of the rock path that went down a slope of now 30 ft were slippery and could easily cause a trip or a fall, but they weren't intending to see if they could leap off the edge without hurting themselves, they basically knew what they were doing...

"Come on, we're at the overlook, we should be able to climb up to the level numbered 15, should save us a long walk," he shouted to the rest of them as the wind began to pick up. And suddenly there was a gush of wind and snow, as if it had all fallen at the same time and Max nearly lost himself down the slope, only to be saved by his crampons grip on the bottom of his boots, the wind had pushed around the others too.
"Fuck Me!" Max moved his hands around on the icy rock for something to grip on, he scooted back onto his feet and checked to see if the rest were ok.
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[Silvador]

Silvador pulled his jacket tightly around and buried his head down to brace against the sudden blast of iciness. After it subsided he looked up and informed the groups leader of his condition.

"I'm OK. Where did that blast come from? I think now would be a good time to rope ourselves together."
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[xAlucardx]

Aremis was caught off guard by the sudden burst of wind. He leaned forward with his paw on the ground to secure himself. When all was finished he looked to Silvador, "That may be a good idea," laughing nervously as he stood upright.
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I dance with the devil and dream with the demons, fell asleep with death and fell short of breath
Fursona Áedán Hilt
Fur Affinity

[BioRust]

"We should have done that in the first place." Alex said as he regained balance from the burst of wind.
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My DA & FA
Alexander Frost

[Maxwell The Tiger]

"Well, seeing as we've reached the wall, I think it's time."

Max set his bag down and pulled out a small bag, taking carbiners and handing them down, then he pulled out the wired rope and clipped on the carbiner, then to his belt twice. fastening it and pulling to check for security. He made sure everyone did the same.

(I hope I'm not the only one willing to fall over and have to rely on the mates to catch him so's to intensify the mood)
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[Silvador]

Silvador secured himself to the line as well before announcing that he was ready to once more continue.

"Ready when you are, O glorious leader."
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[xAlucardx]

((you're not the only one Maxwell))

Aremis clips himself to the line, giving a thumbs up to Maxwell. The wind began to pick up again, but nothing like before.
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I dance with the devil and dream with the demons, fell asleep with death and fell short of breath
Fursona Áedán Hilt
Fur Affinity

[BioRust]

Alex clips himself on aswell "Onward ho!" he said.
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My DA & FA
Alexander Frost

[Maxwell The Tiger]

"Nah, we're at the overlook guys remember? Time for the vertical ascension. Now there should be some tunnelling up there to get through a bit further and they should keep us away from wind factors but this climb will be real dangerous"

Max opened his bag again and withdrew his Ice axes, and a satchel of pitons which he transferred to the straps on his coat. as well as a hammer for them which he put behind his climbing wire.

"You all brought your scaling equipment right? Once Were halfway I'll attach the dead man anchor and I'll keep inserting piton hooks for your roping and wires."
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[Silvador]

"What!? Climbing equipment? Oh crap! I left mine back at... oh wait, they're in my bag." Silvador grinned as he unpacked the assorted items he needed for the climb ahead.
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[xAlucardx]

Aremis slips his bag off and grabs the needed equipment. "vertical ascension eh?" as he twirled the ice axe in his fingers once. "this'll be fun" sarcastically
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I dance with the devil and dream with the demons, fell asleep with death and fell short of breath
Fursona Áedán Hilt
Fur Affinity

[BioRust]

Alex looked up at the ice. Then he looked at Aremis "Damn stright it will." he said for laughs
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My DA & FA
Alexander Frost

[Maxwell The Tiger]

"Right then, up we go!"

Max took the axes in hand and slammed them into the wall, the ice chipped and some broke off, it would be difficult to scale it if it was like this all the way to the tunnels.

After he climbed about a story level up he signalled for the rest to start as he paused and hung onto his axe with the other in the wall and took out a piton hook and hammered it into the wall past the ice, and attached his wire onto it.
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[Silvador]

Silvador gradually made his way up the ice behind the group's leader. The wind whipped past with enough force to blow his hair around but not enough to blow him off the wall.
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[xAlucardx]

Aremis took his axes to the wall, starting to make his way up. He turned his head down to Alex and said,"Last one up buys us drinks back home" acknowledging the rope that would keep Alex behind him.
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I dance with the devil and dream with the demons, fell asleep with death and fell short of breath
Fursona Áedán Hilt
Fur Affinity

[BioRust]

"Bite me!" Alex shouted up to Aremis as he dug his ice axes into the ice and began to climb.
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My DA & FA
Alexander Frost

[Maxwell The Tiger]

As Max climbed onward he noticed that the higher they got the harder it was to slam the axes into the ice, obviously there had been a disturbance up ahead that caused alot to fall... If this was the case Max assumed some sort of minor avalanche, and the freshly laid snow froze on the side of the wall, creating a slippery Icy layer... The surface area required to break through the damn stuff would have to be pretty small. Luckily that is what Ice axes were for but he had doubts.

The wind was also getting worse, and it blew in the east to west which hindered all the climbers. Snow was blowing in too and was a constant vision barrier.
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[Silvador]

Silvador allowed the gentle tug of the line he was tied to guide his direction. He squinted at the frozen wall just centimeters from his face as wind blew snow across his muzzle. Lifting his hand above his head, he slammed his Ice Axe into the ice and pulled down, lifting himself ever upwards.
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