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I too am intrigued. In a similar way, I am intrigued by the astronauts that stood on the Moon and looked at the Earth. Something about the loneliness. The isolation. The inhospitable environment.
Yeah I know that climbers take O2 bottles. But setting that aside for a moment.... I notice that airplanes are required to use O2 and pressurized cabins at altitudes over 10,000 feet. That's about four miles below Everest's summit. The "death zone" is thought to start at somewhere around 20,000 feet. With every step, every minute, above this altitude your body is in the process of dying. So, it becomes something of a race. That zone starts about TWO MILES in elevation below the summit.
In-frickin'-credible. Still, I understand the men that go for it.
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