• bjorney
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    The thing that makes Everest dangerous is the air pressure combined with everything else, that’s why it’s such a long slow ascent, you have to acclimatize so your lungs don’t implode.

    In the summer the summit temperature is about the same as a bad Canadian prairie winter day