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sleep where you fall, defended by nothing but altitude and stubbornness.
word originfrom Swiss German for an extra night watch
no tentoften just a bag, a ledge, and prayers
military rootsarmies camped exposed, ready to fight at dawn
alpine ritualclimbers bivy mid-wall, dangling thousands of feet up
bivouac saca one-person shell weighing less than your boots