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What do mountain climbers call the region above 26000 feet on Mount Everest?

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∙ 14y ago
Updated: 12/11/2022

Mountain climbers call the region above 26,000 feet the Death Zone because the air is too thin for humans. At that altitude, brain cells die, the blood grows thick, the heart speeds up, and the brain can swell - leading to death.

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