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97 per cent of climbers use ______ to ascend to Everest's summit at 8,850 metres above sea level.
97 per cent of climbers use ______ to ascend to Everest's summit at 8,850 metres above sea level.
oxygen
Kilian Jornet Burgada ascended Mount Everest in May 2017 ______, without an oxygen mask or fixed ropes for climbing.
Kilian Jornet Burgada ascended Mount Everest in May 2017 ______, without an oxygen mask or fixed ropes for climbing.
alone
Kilian Jornet Burgada grew up 2,000 metres above sea level in the Pyrenees in the ski resort of Lles de Cerdanya in Catalonia, north-eastern Spain, and climbed his first mountain at the age of ______.
Kilian Jornet Burgada grew up 2,000 metres above sea level in the Pyrenees in the ski resort of Lles de Cerdanya in Catalonia, north-eastern Spain, and climbed his first mountain at the age of ______.
seven
Kilian Jornet does as many as ______ hours of endurance training a year, plus strength training and technical workouts as well as specific training in the week before a race.
Kilian Jornet does as many as ______ hours of endurance training a year, plus strength training and technical workouts as well as specific training in the week before a race.
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Kilian Jornet's resting heartbeat is extremely low at ______ beats per minute, compared with the average man's 60 per minute or an athlete's 40 per minute.
Kilian Jornet's resting heartbeat is extremely low at ______ beats per minute, compared with the average man's 60 per minute or an athlete's 40 per minute.
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