:56:09
I didn't put a knot
near the end of the rope,
:56:12
and if there was nothing down there
I wouldn't be able to hold the rope,
:56:15
and then I would fall,
and it would be quick.
:56:40
And I thought "Jesus, this is big!"
:56:53
By this stage I was
completely physically done in,
:56:58
staggering back down these
meringues, still desperately thirsty.
:57:03
There werre all these sort of
thoughts swirling around in my mind,
:57:06
guilt, worry, thinking about how on earth
am I going to explain this to Joe's parents,
:57:12
my friends, to Richard.
:57:17
The thought did cross my mind that
maybe I could think up a decent story,
:57:21
that would make me look better.
:57:25
And I did quite think about
that, for quite a while.
:57:35
Really the only image that sticks
in my mind from all the time in Peru,
:57:40
is seeing this figure.
:57:44
And it was fairly close
before I could see who it was.
:57:51
But he looked absolutely horrendous.
:57:54
You wouldn't recognize him.