[LEMONS] 7.13.2001
Freezing, out of food and lost near the top of one of the world's highest mountains, type 1 Colby Smith has to decide. Should he save himself, head down the mountain to safety and leave his friend behind to die, or stay with his friend, which could kill them both?
Smith and his friend, Mike Heiser, lost their way on one of the coldest and windiest climbs on earth, and could not find a shelter to sleep in. After 23 hours of exposure and no sleep, they were out of food. Smith was surviving on glucose tablets; he ate 70 to stay alive.
Colby was a friend of mine in college. I'd heard he was mountain-climbing now, but I had no idea it was this intense. The first article is from Diabetes Interview, this is from CBS Healthwatch.
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