‘We do the same thing every time we hang on a rope. We hope. Hope we’ll get to the top, hope the protection will hold, hope this will be the perfect climb. Hope. It’s powerful; it can change things. But you’ve got to put yourself in the way of it, let yourself feel it. Let the power of it lift you up. That’s what you’re doing: putting yourself in the way of hope. Do that and anything can happen. Start from here! Who needs the Cape? It’s stunning here.’ ‘Not
