Whether it was treacherous winds, the cold, or just not enough food, everybody else had to turn around.

I was really scared I wasn't going to make it.

I don't know.

It's like this tunnel vision you get when you're up there.

Like all you can think about is your next step.

Sometimes there was no emotion.

And sometimes I was just overwhelmed, like crying and trying to just put one foot in front of the other.

Simran's love of climbing started back at home in a small orchard community in BC surrounded by mountains.