When the Western world thinks of the Himalayas, they think of danger, ice axes, and oxygen masks. When they think of the sherpa, they think of a man in a down jacket carrying four duffel bags up a frozen waterfall. But

How your body learns to breathe thin air—and why patience saves lives on the Everest Base Camp trek Why Acclimatization Is the Difference Between Success and Rescue Imagine this: You’ve trained for months. You’ve flown across the world. You’re standing