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Death Zone Weather Extremes Mountaineers Have Experienced in Successful Ascents

BACKGROUND: Few data are available on mountaineers’ survival prospects in extreme weather above 8000 m (the Death Zone). We aimed to assess Death Zone weather extremes experienced in climbing-season ascents of Everest and K2, all winter ascents of 8000 m peaks (8K) in the Himalayas and Karakoram, en...

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Autores principales: Szymczak, Robert K., Marosz, Michał, Grzywacz, Tomasz, Sawicka, Magdalena, Naczyk, Marta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8287323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34290622
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.696335