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Peak Danger: 3. The Death Zone

Up above 26,000 feet, things start to fall apart. Then disaster strikes.

Once you get beyond 26,000 feet, your body can no longer acclimatise to the extreme high altitude. This is called the Death Zone.

Cecilie Skog and her fellow climbers are in the Death Zone, their eyes trained on the top of K2. They鈥檙e approaching one of the most dangerous parts of the mountain - but things aren鈥檛 going according to plan.

As the climbers scramble to keep their summit dreams alive, things take a devastating turn.

Featuring climbers Cecilie Skog, Lars Nessa, Eric Meyer, Fredrik Strang, Predrag Zagorac and Chhiring Dorje Sherpa

Host and Executive Producer: Natalia Melhman Petrzela
Producers: Leigh Meyer & Amalie Sortland
Editor: Josephine Wheeler
Production Manager: Joe Savage
Sound Design and Mix by Nicholas Alexander, with additional engineering from Daniel Kempson.
Original Music by Adam Foran, Theme music by Adam Foran and Silverhawk
Executive Producers: Max O鈥橞rien & Craig Strachan
Commissioning Editor: Dan Clarke
A Novel production for 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4

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