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Expeditions & High Altitude

86 countries, three eight-thousanders climbed. This is where the practical guides stop and the real stories start — acclimatization, fear, gear that failed, and summits that didn't go as planned.

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Altitude Sickness & High-Altitude Trekking

Symptoms, prevention, and what to do above 4,000m — written after three eight-thousanders.

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86Countries
38,000m peaks
8Years traveling
Climber in a high-altitude summit suit looking out over the Himalaya toward Everest

What Three Eight-Thousanders Taught Me About Fear

On summit day, the mountain doesn't care how prepared you feel.

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Why I Turned Back 200m From a Summit

A story about knowing when to stop — the hardest skill in mountaineering.

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The Night the Tea House Ran Out of Gas

What altitude actually does to a "simple" problem at 4,800m.

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Eight-thousander #1Where the obsession with altitude actually started.
86th country visitedA milestone that happened almost by accident, on the way to somewhere else.
Eight-thousander #2The one that didn't go according to plan — full story on the blog.
Eight-thousander #3The summit that finally felt earned rather than lucky.
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