K2: summit and bivouac Jim Wickwire
the next morning, john roskelley , rick ridgeway found him continuing down while on way summit. wickwire lost parts of 2 toes , underwent lung surgery due blood clots on lungs (pulmonary emboli); caught pneumonia , pleurisy. pakistani army helicoptered wickwire right glacier @ bottom of mountain, , wickwire underwent lung surgery. surgeon expressed uncertainty wickwire s ever climbing @ high altitudes again. nevertheless, wickwire continued high-altitude climbing couple of years later, climbing slopes of alaska’s mount mckinley in preparation climbing expedition on mount everest.
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