K2: The Savage Mountain | The Death Zone | 2
Against The Odds
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The Climb to the Top of the Ridge
After a 20 hour climb in this altitude, people are physically and mentally drained. The adrenlon used to get up the mountain is now gone. Thin air and lack of oxygen to the brain leads to slow reactions. Physical coordination becomes difficult. Hallucinations set in. And no one wants to be hallucinating in the dark at 28 thousand feet up.
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