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Jun 2025
40m 37s

Nightmare at 21,000 Feet

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In 1973, eight Americans set out to scale one of the tallest peaks in the world. Only six of them came back. Decades later, a frozen camera is recovered from the ice — and reignites one of mountaineering’s darkest mysteries.

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