British Man Tries to Climb Mont Blanc in Tracksuit, Nearly Freezes to Death
Oct 5, 2022
26 yr old engineer:
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…Feda Hussein attempted to climb the mountain with nothing but a tracksuit, hiking poles, and a tarp. The weather was less than ideal.
As a result, this aerospace engineer’s solo expedition quickly unraveled, according to Italian
news reports. He called for help from the Bionnassay Glacier Saturday evening after he got lost in a snowstorm. Rescuers failed to find Hussein in the storm and told him to find shelter. Then they lost contact.
Italy’s Aosta Valley Mountain Rescue found Hussein the next morning 3,100m up the mountain. To their shock, Hussein was still alive. But with a body temperature of 25˚C (3˚ lower than the “death zone” of 28˚), he was five minutes from death, they said…
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A 26-year-old British man almost died on Mont Blanc this weekend after starting his ascent in bad conditions and with virtually no gear.
explorersweb.com