“Yewon, remember the time you got a call from overseas saying that Yuna was admitted to the hospital and you literally dropped everything to get on the next plane you could find to- where was it again- ah, Zambia? And it turned out she fractured her arm because-”

“She woke up in the night since it was too cold in the room, so she got up to turn off the air conditioner, fell in a way only god knows how, then broke her arm? Yea, what about it?” Yewon answered, her face stuffed with caramel popcorn. Was she having a Sunday movie night with Yerin? Nope. Was she stress eating while staring at nothing? Absolutely.

The pitch last Friday had gone well and within the following week, the paperwork for the deal had been signed and done pretty quickly. Not to mention, Yewon and her team were also congratulated personally by the CEO. Yewon wouldn’t normally eat like this, she worked hard to maintain a healthy weight. So, what has gotten Yewon so stressed out?, Yerin wondered. After racking her brain for a bit, she suspected something. She then stopped by Yewon’s study to confirm her suspicion.

Today would be the day the expedition group would be crossing the Khumbu Icefall. Of all the obstacles faced when ascending Mount Everest, the Khumbu Icefall is perhaps the most perilous. The steep, craggy expanse of glacier skids downhill at a rate of several feet per day, constantly heaving and shifting from the