Climbing Everest's Death Zone | The Link Between High Altitude and Your Brain

Extreme athlete Richard Parks attempts a solo climb of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen—a feat reserved only for the world's elite climbers. But this is more than just a physical challenge. Parks is collaborating with scientists to conduct a groundbreaking, high-altitude experiment to find a link between the body's adaptation to extreme low-oxygen environments and the fight against dementia, the fastest-growing illness in the Western world. What they discover about his blood at 23,000 ft is a life-threatening complication that forces an impossible choice: summit or survive. This documentary explores the ultimate test of human resilience, the cutting-edge of medical science, and the personal tragedy that drives one man to push the limits of his mind and body.Uploaded 03-12-25Instagram - @realstoriesdocsAny queries, please contact us at: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com#RealStories #Dementia #MountEverest Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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