1:24:09
It was just a slow, steady reduction.
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Not just physically.
Physically is very obvious,
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but you, everything, yourself.
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I felt left with nothing.
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And I didn't care anymore.
1:24:28
Didn't have any dignity, you didn't care
whether you're brave or weak or anything.
1:24:33
You just became almost
nothing. It was strange.
1:24:47
I was still doing these test 20
minutes things, get here, get there.
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And then I saw these footprints.
1:24:57
Then I got convinced, that
it was Simon and Richard.
1:25:01
They were up above me, and
they were just following on,
1:25:04
and I carried on crawling down,
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utterly convinced that they
were wandering along behind me.
1:25:13
And I can remember thinking, "that is
really stupid, they would come and help you",
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and I think I persuaded myself
that they were just following on,
1:25:21
because they didn't want to embarass me
'cause I peed myself and I was crying.
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I don't know how long it
lasted, maybe about an hour.
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I totally believed it, and then
suddenly it was like popping a bubble.
1:25:41
And then I realized that they weren't
there, and I felt utterly shattered.
1:25:58
It was about 4 o'clock
when I reached the lake.