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how is this possible when on a trip
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through the mountains Jon stumbles
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across a steel structure mostly buried
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under the snow what could this be he
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knew that he had to get in there but
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could have never expected what he was
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going to discover inside there was a
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very good reason for this structure
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being here but it was a reason that Jon
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quickly realized he was not supposed to
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know jon had been exploring mountains
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for many many years by now but he had
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never seen anything like this before
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what was something so high tech looking
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doing in such a remote and difficult to
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reach place so many questions but he had
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no time to think about answers now
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getting into the structure Jon was on
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the verge of hypothermia and had to get
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into whatever this was quickly to find
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some cover from the cold winds it was
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not easy but he eventually managed to
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force himself into the strange steel
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structure but when finally in Jon almost
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immediately forgot about how cold he was
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as he was completely taken aback by what
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he found inside but what was this giant
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steel structure doing hidden away high
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in the mountains how had it gotten here
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and what had Jon just discovered inside
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john wasn't easily rattled after years
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of hiking and climbing some of the most
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challenging mountains in the world he
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figured that he'd seen it all there was
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rarely a time when he felt uncomfortable
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or on the verge of panic but his next
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trip was about to change everything
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after reaching the summit of Mount
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Everest Jon was more interested in
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lesserk known locations he disliked how
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busy it was around the famous mountains
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and he didn't want to compete for
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resources like translators he started
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looking for something in a more remote
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area that decision would put him on a
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crash course to an impossible discovery
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jon knew that he was a skilled climber
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but he tried to stay humble as he sorted
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through his options many of them were
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just too easy he wanted to go somewhere
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truly special a place so unique that it
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would be a true challenge jon would most
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certainly get his wish jon settled on
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Anaperna Massive a mountain notorious
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for its fatalities there were only a
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handful of routes that could lead to the
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top and all of them were both dangerous
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and grueling several of Jon's friends
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had completed a climb there before but
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Jon had no interest in following in
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their footsteps jon studied the mountain
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obsessively for weeks he wanted to know
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every angle and crevice he could the
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weather conditions were unpredictable at
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best so he focused on what he could
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learn for sure slowly he started
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designing a new route up the mountain it
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seemed that no one had ever taken that
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path before and with good reason the
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route that John proposed involved
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climbing a smaller mountain first and
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then hiking across a snowy depression
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that connected to Anaperna Massive it
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wasn't a long journey but it was
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definitely taking a risk when he finally
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had his plan together Jon told some of
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his friends about his idea their
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response shocked him jon had expected
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his friends to approve of his creativity
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instead they immediately tried to talk
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him out of it even Lara one of the best
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climbers in the world refused to back
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him up she swore that he would fall into
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some creasse and never be seen again but
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Jon didn't heed their warnings jon spent
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the next month preparing for his trip
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lara helped him find some specialty
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safety gear though she still insisted
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that he was being foolish jon didn't
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agree he was in the best shape of his
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life and had made one of the fastest
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climbs of Mount Everest in recent memory
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but when it was time to go he wondered
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if maybe he was making a terrible
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mistake several of Jon's friends had
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sustained serious injuries in falls and
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accidents over the years he knew that if
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he got hurt on the climb there wouldn't
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be enough time to rescue him before he
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froze but once he was on the plane to
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his destination he finally relaxed jon
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had no idea that the mountain would be
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the least of his worries the first stop
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on Jon's journey was a small mountain
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village that many climbers used as a
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sort of base camp few climbers attempted
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a full summit to the top so the locals
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were especially curious to know about
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his intentions jon tried to be friendly
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but in truth he wished that they would
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stop asking questions after all he had a
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secret to keep jon knew better than to
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advertise where he was going because he
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knew that the others would probably try
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to talk him out of it he'd had enough of
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arguing with his friends but when one of
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the friendlier locals took an active
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interest in his journey Jon relented he
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never considered whether the guide was a
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little too interested in where he
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planned to go the local guide was
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adamant that Jon needed to take a
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different route he talked about all the
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climbers who died even on easier paths
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to the top the man was incredibly
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knowledgeable about the area and seemed
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to be able to recall even distant events
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in great detail jon was impressed but he
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sensed that the guide wasn't telling him
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everything to get the guide to stop
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bothering him about it Jon lied and
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promised the guide that he would try a
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different path even had the man mark it
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on his map and explain the various parts
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of the route to the top of Annaperna
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Massive but it was all a show john woke
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up early the next morning while everyone
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else was still asleep he gathered his
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gear as quietly as possible and headed
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off up the mountain at first he followed
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the route the guide had shown him it was
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admittedly better than the one he
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planned on taking but when he reached a
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fork along the way it was time to make a
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decision jon couldn't give up on his
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original plan it wasn't an easy climb
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but as the hours went on he realized
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that he was happy with his choice he
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made great progress on the first
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mountain and even stopped to camp early
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sometimes but soon he was approaching
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the crossover point jon looked out at
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the short stretch and wondered why
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people were so worried the mist made it
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almost impossible to see but Jon crossed
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the area quickly he was almost to the
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other mountain where he knew he'd need
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to make it up a steep slope to reach the
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main route but when he arrived he
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realized that the two mountains didn't
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connect where he thought it was just
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snow and ice jon looked back the way he
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had come but he needed to slide down
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part of the first mountain to reach the
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flatter part it would take too long to
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climb back up in such frigid
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temperatures for the first time Jon
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started to get scared he needed shelter
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somewhere on Anaperna or the plane
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itself but there was nothing out there
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or so Jon thought john had mapped
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several emergency routes in case he was
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injured or had to turn back he chose the
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fastest one and moved as quickly as he
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could suddenly he spotted something dark
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in the distance had he gotten turned
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around somehow but it wasn't rock in
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fact it almost looked round jon had no
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idea what he's seeing as he approached
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through the mist he thought that maybe
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he was hallucinating but he wasn't even
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that high in elevation compared to other
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mountains he'd climbed but Jon also knew
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that perfectly round edges just didn't
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happen in nature if it wasn't some
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fallen rock from one of the mountains
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then what was it at last Jon was able to
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get close enough to the strange object
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to touch it it was larger than it had
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originally looked and it towered over
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him the outside was covered in hatches
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and flaps jon laughed when he pictured a
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UFO sticking out of the snow but after a
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moment his laughter trailed away jon
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looked at how much was covered of the
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UFO was covered in snow and ice it
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couldn't have been in the mountains long
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even though it was shielded from the
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worst of the wind jon knew that he
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should have left it and kept hunting for
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shelter but he couldn't bring himself to
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leave what was it and how had it ended
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up in the middle of nowhere Jon ran his
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fingers across the surface of the steel
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structure it was cold colder than the
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wind whipping around him and perfectly
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smooth almost too perfect the snow
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crunched under his boots as he circled
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around it looking for a way inside and
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then he found it a narrow seam running
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vertically like a door barely noticeable
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beneath a layer of frost with numb
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fingers and aching muscles Jon pried at
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the edge to his surprise the seam gave
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way with a hissimost as if the structure
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was pressurized the heavy door creaked
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open and a wave of warm air hit him
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"warm air!" John blinked as the light
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from inside spilled out into the snowy
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white it wasn't blinding it was soft
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artificial a sterile kind of glow but it
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was enough to make his heart race the
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world outside seemed to vanish as he
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stepped in the door sliding shut behind
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him silently he was inside what he saw
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next made his breath catch in his throat
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the interior was vast far larger than it
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had looked from the outside it reminded
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him of a high-tech laboratory like
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something out of a sci-fi movie sleek
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metallic walls lined with control panels
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screens that flickered to life as he
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walked by and symbols strange unfamiliar
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symbols glowed faintly in hues of blue
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and green jon wasn't sure where to look
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first he cautiously stepped forward
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drawn toward a central console that lit
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up as he approached without touching
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anything the screen began displaying
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maps not ordinary maps these were
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topographic scans of mountain ranges
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including Anaperta also places Jon
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didn't recognize some of the scans
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showed the interior of the Earth others
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displayed the solar system one image
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showed a human skeleton but not quite
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human the proportions were off elongated
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skull different rib structure he backed
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away this was no shelter it was
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something else something not meant to be
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found suddenly a voice echoed through
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the chamber not loud not threatening but
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calm mechanical biometric scan complete
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subject: unauthorized initiating
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protocol 7 john froze what who's there
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no answer the lights dimmed slightly and
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one of the side doors slid open he
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didn't want to go through it but what
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choice did he have he stepped through
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the next room was darker but filled with
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towering cylindrical tanks inside them
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thing preserved specimens suspended in a
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thick greenish fluid some looked like
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animals others like hybrids one had the
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body of a large feline but with human
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hands another had wings folded tightly
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against a humanoid torso john's stomach
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turned what was this place then he saw
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it a table in the center of the room
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with a journal laid open actual paper
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his gloved fingers flipped through the
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pages revealing handwritten notes
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detailed observations theories sketches
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the date on the first page
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it was an American journal the signature
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at the bottom Dr marcus C fielder john's
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eyes widened he remembered that name a
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scientist who disappeared during a cold
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war expedition in Nepal rumors had
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swirled about government cover-ups
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secret missions alien contact so it was
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all true jon barely had time to process
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it when the voice returned protocol 7
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complete preparing for cryogenic
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containment containment no wait jon
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shouted but before he could move the
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room began to fill with a white vapor he
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ran back toward the entrance but the
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door had sealed shut the vapor numbed
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his limbs his vision blurred the last
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thing he saw was the screen flashing
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subject secured for future evaluation do
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not disclose project Shiva active
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somewhere in a government office halfway
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across the world a red light blinked on
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a forgotten monitor a message appeared
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facility breach detected human subject
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contained and then it blinked out no one
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ever heard from Jon again but the