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Write a part of a letter to a friend: you're one of the mountaineers. Tell your friends what happened to Alison before and after. Describe the weather, the place and what kind of person she was.

So, everybody on camp was talking about it: Allison was determined to leave the expedition. She had been thinking about it for so long, hesitating and wondering what would be the best thing to do. Just like most of us, she really needed to see her family, to be with them and talk to them. After saying goodbye to the brave ones that were staying, we all came back to our tents. It was time to get some rest and get ready for our trip back home. I was so nervous that I couldn’t get much sleep. I got up early in the morning and when I went to get some coffee, I saw Allison getting out of Celsi’s ten t. It seems that something that he said made her change her mind; she had decided to give the expedition another try. One more time she would be climbing with us, even if it meant not seeing her children for another week. We don’t know what made her alter her decision, but she seemed really set and optimistic about it. However, that was the last time we ever saw her. Some months later, we heard the bad news. Allison had passed away. She had reached the top of the mountain; she had faced the terrible weather and dealt with the lowest temperature. The freezing snow had never been an obstacle to her. But sadly, the wind was stronger and it pushed her down the summit ridge. We couldn’t believe it. I still can’t assimilate it. We will always remember her as a great, intense and powerful woman, who always fought for her goals, no matter what. She sacrificed everything to get what she wanted and she could make it. We feel very proud of her, even if it is a bittersweet ending.