AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
2min chapter
Flight 571: Survival in the Andes with Blair Braverman
You're Wrong About
Climbing a Mountain
On the 11th of December, Numa dies. And that is what finally spurs Knessa to be ready to go. The boys have not eaten Nondo's mother and sister out of respect for him. But as he's leaving, he says, look, if you have to, you have to. And the three boys start up the mountain. They do not know how to climb a mountain. In the first morning, they climbed 2,000 feet - which is twice as far as you're supposed to climb in altitudes like that. Going too fast contributes to altitude sickness, which can cause things like pulmonary edimas, rapid death. It turns out that this mountain
00:00
Transcript
Episode notes
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode