An Eternity of Ten Seconds

This is a bone-chilling incident which occurred on 19th Sep, 2010 in the remote Himalayas; still gives me Goosebumps whenever I reminisce.
I struggled opened my sleep deprived eyes. My body felt heavy like a stone; each and every bone was screaming in pain. On top of me two piled up quilts fended of relentlessly, the severe cold at 12,000 ft. altitude.
Making the wooden window ajar, I peeped out and the howling wind scared the hell out of me. The tall, snow clad mountain peaks at a distance w...