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“It had taken Jehan over half an hour to get his crampons on and he struggled with his head torch.”

HOW ON EARTH DO YOU MISS SUCH A CLEAR AND BLATANT SIGN OF ALTITUDE SICKNESS????????? it shouldn't take more than a few minutes

there is a repeating theme of.. not quite outright selfishness.. but certainly a self-centeredness amongst some people

Jehan should have been escorted down the mountain

a real sliding doors moment

very moved to read about shaheen's rescue (bc of high altitude pulmonary oedema) the way his inexperienced friend nadir didn't hesitate to a) trek for hours across the glacier and b) climb 1700m at a ~65° gradient AT NIGHT

they were both extremely lucky mohammad amin met them on the descent bc shaheen would be toast otherwise

holy moly

wilco, you cheap bastard. your cook could have died snfkkdkd what is wrong with you???? at first I thought his brusqueness was just him being dutch, but I think he's actually kind of a nasty little man instead