You never want to experience this with any climbing partner, let alone the woman you love…it was getting late and we wanted to get off the mountain quickly, so we decided to glissade down a long chute. The east-facing slope had softened in the sun all day, but after we started down it went into the shade and immediately iced over. Then my partner, who was above me, fell 750 ft. down to the rocks below. It all happened so fast. One moment she bumped me, then she was gone. It took me over an hour to reach the place where she came to a stop.
