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Arnette: Everest Winter, No O’s Attempt!

December 19, 2016 explorersweb Expeditions | Mountain | Mountaineering

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Alan Arnette runs some stats and history related to Alex Txikon announcing he’ll try Everest this winter without supplemental oxygen.

A paltry 0.2% of all summits since 1953 have occurred in the winter.

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