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Crumbling Mountainside: Into the Void

2025/6/18
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This chapter explores Paul Roger's life journey, from his adventurous teenage years in London to his passion for climbing and his fateful trip to New Zealand's Southern Alps with climbing partner Marty Sinclair. It highlights his experiences during the Brixton riots and how they influenced his life choices, leading him to pursue his passion for mountaineering.
  • Paul's early life and introduction to climbing
  • His experience during the Brixton riots
  • His move to New Zealand and meeting Marty Sinclair
  • The plan to climb Mount Dashiak's south face

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High in New Zealand’s Southern Alps, a huge shift on the surface of a glacier sends two climbers hurtling down the slope at breakneck speed. With no time to react, Paul Rogers vanishes into the ice. He will find himself injured, without equipment and with no idea what’s happened to his partner. And just when it seems things can’t get any worse, they do…

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