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in the base camp were absolutely essential.
We went down four times for successful
acclimatization and in previous expeditions we could do it only once. This time
we could afford driving down and having
a good sleep. And this is not as easy as it
seems. You have to drive fifty kilometers in
order to lose one kilometer of altitude.”
Christina Kozlova, director of RD Studio, “We thought we had provided for
everything, but at different altitudes something always broke down. Only Toyota
cars never failed, while everything – and
everyone – else did. During each acclimatization round someone got sick, and
the only thing that could help was descending for at least a kilome