These are the exact words I asked myself when sitting on the last rocky spot without much snow on it,

After climbing the surrounding mountains in my car, I finally made it to base camp.

Once I put the idea of doing it in my mind, I was set on it.

4:45am, my alarm blaring to wake me up.

After completing the first fourth of the hike, which consisted of leftover snow from the previous storm scattered around on the dirt and going through a heavily forested area, I finally made it to a new “biome”.

Once I reached the snow fields, reality hit me.

As I kept inching closer and closer to the top, still sliding out from under myself every other step.