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Before the boat sank , the seas were up to 45 feet ( 14 meters ) and the winds were a sustained 70 knots , gusting to 90 . Eventually her eyes grew heavy , and Grace excused herself long before the debate reached a conclusion . I had actually hyperextended my knee ten days before the race and I was given a zero percent chance of finishing by a German orthopedic surgeon who happened , believe it or not , to be in the Adventure Network base camp in Patriot Hills . With a light heart I turned down the side road through the deepening valley to which Johann had objected . Some several square yards of yellow bunting , charged with the image of another double-headed eagle , floating from the highest flag-staff above the building , betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises . This ledge is located half way up the north ridge , about 250 meters ( 820 feet ) above the Col of Conquest , or 2,828 meters ( 9,280 feet ) up Cerro Torre . Brad was through the life ring and he was holding me , but every time we got close to the boat we would get sucked under this huge freighter . " By 8:45 , Slutter 's group had passed through the Pearly Gates and halted on a natural shelf just above the Hogsback , where they drove the shaft of an ice ax into the snow as an anchor . We stop about halfway up the canyon , ancient pottery shards lying like detritus in the water . Thorle was primed with an ample succession of stories and themes , chiefly concerning poverty , thriftlessness , reclamation , reformed characters , and so forth , which carried him in an almost uninterrupted sequence through the remainder of the dinner . The outfit was arresting , but even the flowing veils could not camouflage the thick folds above the eyes , the deep creases about the mouth , the tough , lived-in quality of the skin . See the story of September 11th through the eyes of New York 's P.S . She led her family up the steps and into the reception area . Then , at a gallop , the troop rode forward - - some towards me , others foll - owing the wolf as it disappeared amongst the snow-clad cypress - es . Beasts and humans showed no such indifference to the temperature ; the sun would have to slant yet further downward before the earth would become a fit arena for their revived activities . I was soon amongst the shelter of the trees , and there in comparative silence I could hear the rush of the wind high overhead . My watch reads a quarter to six-time to be motivating , get some shooting done before the day heats up to unbearable .