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Folks ExWeb spoke to who tried 8000ers in winter say they can’t even explain how rough the death zone is on a fragile human in the deep of winter. It’s hard, they say. Really hard.
A few international individuals are giving it a go right now, attempting a first winter summit on Nanga Parbat. Waiting for news yesterday we did a shoutout for Ian Overton’s funny debrief on Cracked.
Today we chat with Ian about writing in general (his piece generated a big audience on Cracked) and Nanga Parbat winter climbing in particular. “Trying to explain simply being cold as hell is not enough,” he said.
