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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 . " An excuse was ready to spill from her mouth when she reminded herself that this reticence to follow her desires was exactly the thing she was beginning to hate most about herself . After a few days in Tehran , Bobby and I travel by Land Cruiser through a landscape untouched and vast , following the old Silk Road in the western part of the country . Quite fortunately for me , Exley , who had worked at much greater depths and was in complete control , reached down , took my hand , and towed me up to a depth of 60 meters ( 197 feet ) . " It 's the duty of a Muslim woman to cover herself , " she says . Ward was the last to leave ; he pulled his anchor and started down . " Tourists come near , and he ushers me quickly out of their range of hearing . Manga had snared the female that sparked Sudi-Mingoyo 's premature lion-hater celebration , and now he was hot on the trail of what everyone hoped was the pride 's sole survivor . Leigh shook her head to rid herself of maudlin thoughts and moved on through the crowd . It 's not for others to hear , " he says , ushering me farther away . Which themselves might go unnoticed by most people , simply because he was so good at delivering them . He said , ' You have to find me first . She reassured herself with a few simple facts . Written mostly by anonymous authors between 1200 and 1400 , the sagas are still part of the country 's daily consciousness , the Icelanders ' key to comprehending their extraordinary environment , their countrymen , and themselves . " I am the best guide ! They did n't lower themselves gracefully . It becomes cold , and I retreat to my sleeping bag and pull it around me . I paddled until my arms were ready to fall off , then passed the oar to Zacharias , who was at least five years older than me but much stronger . " he says , gesturing emphatically . In theory , when one member of a rope team falls , all the climbers throw themselves into the self-arrest position and collectively stop the plunge .