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The Woods of Lété
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II, Oudot examined the invalids. Herzog's extremities were numb up to his
ankles and wrists. Lachenal's toes and patches on the soles of his feet had turned black.
Rébuffat had only frostnip on a pair of toes, and Terray had somehow avoided frostbite
altogether.
Three years later, the British expedition to Everest would climb more than 2,000
feet higher than the French on Annapurna, yet contract no serious frostbite. It is worth
