American Woman Become’s First To Summit Everest Without Oxygen

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 How long can you breath with lack of oxygen? This American woman summited the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest without any oxygen support. Melissa Arnot became the first American Woman in history to summit Everest and survive the descent without supplemental oxygen. She climbed the 29,035-foot peak from northeast ridge from Tibet. This marked the sixth Everest summit for Arnot, 32.

According to the Himalayan database, only 2.7 % of the total summiting climbers have done it without any supplemental oxygen. Beyond the freezing height of 26000 ft, the human body can no longer function in its normal way. In order to survive beyond that elevation, most of the people use oxygen tanks in order to breathe properly and stay normal.

It wasn’t an accident; Melissa made the commitment and worked hard over the years to make it happen. Meelissa has tried to scale Everest without oxygen even before. She came very close in 2013 when she and her climbing partner, Tshering Dorje Sherpa, made it to 27,900 feet. They stayed back to help an unresponsive Sherpa. By the time they continued their ascent, Arnot was too cold to safely proceed without supplemental oxygen. 

The title of first American woman to climb up and down Everest without oxygen had been one of the greatest prizes still available at the peak, largely because mountaineers do not consider a summit official unless the climber returns safely.fausse richard mille

“Climbing Everest without supplemental oxygen has been a goal of mine for a long time. When you succeed at reaching your goal, it makes you reflect on the hard days, the work, and lessons I’ve learned along the way.” Says Meelissa.

The first ascent of Everest without supplemental oxygen happened in 1978 by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. It debunked all the myth that it would be impossible to do so.

News Source: Outsideonline

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