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High-Altitude Camp

The lack of oxygen at high altitude affects the body and mind in profound ways. Peter Habeler, who climbed Everest without supplemental oxygen, said, "In this lonely environment, which is so hostile to life, the imagination conjures up all manner of strange desires or horrifying apparitions."

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