Abseiling down the crevasse was quite scary at first. I was dangling by a rope, repelling down this crack in the ice. Below me lay darkness, and I could hear water rushing under the glacier. It was not very comforting, to say the least. After reaching almost the bottom of the crevasse, I started using the front points of the crampons and the ice axe to climb to the top gradually.

As the sun comes up slowly, I get to see more closely what’s around us and how high up I am. The clouds are below us, and there is this mysterious shadow of the whole mountain being cast across the landscape. This kind of shadow can only be seen from the top of the mountain. I see the whole of Bali from here, the Indian Ocean, and some neighbouring islands with peaks of their volcanoes visible as well.