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Teamwork, Flow, and Peak Performance on K2

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What's the Difference Between Sherpas and European Climbers?

Sherpas have a very unique physiology which is different from their western counterparts. They actually have an increased blood volume I believe and almost have what I would describe as thinner blood with less hemoglobin slightly lower oxygen carrying capacity, but it says if the speed limit isn't 60 miles an hour it's 120 miles an hour so they can just the blood just flows through there. There's definitely some real physiological adaptations that happen just based on the people that have inhabited that part of the earth for so long.

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