• CEOofmyhouse56
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      2 months ago

      Legend has it he practiced on Mt Cook, which is NZ highest mountain.

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        He used places in NZ which replicated different parts of the Everest climb. Same angle, rocks, distance, fissures, etc etc So he was only practicing like 20 metres at a time, just a very specific 20 m. That’s so clever. ( I did read half the book … lol )