What It’s Like to Run an ER— on Everest

Climbing the world’s tallest peak is no easy feat. Just ask Luanne Freer. For nine years, the emergency room doctor from Montana has tended to climbers, tourists, local Nepalese, and anyone else brave enough to be in the deadly conditions of the Khumbu Valley at Everest ER. Intrepid Smithsonian Magazine…

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What It’s Like to Run an ER— on Everest

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