“She insisted that I take you to the top myself, which screws up everything. I’m either going to have to go with you and Sun-jo, or you’ll have to join my team. Which means there will be a long delay in your summit attempt because it looks like we’ll be the last team to go. I’m in no shape to climb and neither is anyone else on the team.” “Lucky you have a backup in Sun-jo,” I said. “Either way you’ll get the youngest climber in the world to the summit.” “Is that what this is about?” he asked. “You’re mad because it’s not about just you anymore?” “It was never about me,” I said. “It’s always
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