Understandably, Ken Kamler was in complete shock. Kamler’s medical tent, set up at 21,000 feet, in a completely coherent state. However, it was the next day that Beck Weathers would descend down 3,000 feet and stumble into Dr. Once found by his teammates, some time later, it was declared that Beck Weathers was dead. On the night that the storm hit, Weathers was severely impaired by the high altitude, low oxygen, and intense weather, causing him to collapse in the snow, where he would remain for 36 hours. This is the story of Beck Weathers, who was one of Jon Krakauer’s teammates on Everest in 1996. Ken discusses an incident that is only briefly discussed in the novel, and offers more insight on this specific story. I have chosen to relate the novel Into Thin Air to the TED Lecture entitled “Medical Miracle on Everest.” This lecture features Ken Kamler, who was actually the only doctor on the slopes at the time of the 1996 Everest disaster.
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