About the book: year / “Today is even harder than usual. The wind mercilessly shakes huge piles of snow from the mighty pines and throws it right in my face as I stubbornly climb the mountain. My feet, squeezed into too-small boots, disappear into deep snowdrifts. I slide, desperately trying to gain a stable position. The sharp gusts of wind take my breath away. It seems that soon I will become just a block of snow…»