Everest’s Death Zone: A Race Against Time

Above 8,000 meters on Mount Everest is the Death Zone, a place so high that the air has

only about one-third of the oxygen your body needs, meaning your brain starts thinking

slower, your judgment gets worse, and simple decisions feel confusing,

while your legs turn heavy, your heart pounds nonstop, and your body slowly

begins to shut down instead of heal, because eating barely gives you energy, sleeping doesn’t

help you recover, and every step feels like lifting concrete, which is why climbers don’t actually get

stronger the longer they stay up there — they get weaker, more tired, and closer to collapse,

turning the summit into a race against time where the mountain isn’t chasing you or attacking you,