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article_snippet: As the snow piled higher and higher, he was saved became darker and darker until I was surrounded by an eerie black silence, broken only by the sound of my slow breathing and racing heartbeat,' James Mort wrote. '
article_snippet: I was convinced that they would not find me in time.
article_snippet: Unable to move I focused on slowing my breathing, relaxing and conserving oxygen.'
article_snippet: James Mort describes the relief James Mort felt when James Mort was finally able to see the sky again. '
article_snippet: Soon my vision became brighter and I heard some muffled voices, then suddenly everything went white as Dan and Leonard excavated my face...