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Base Camp 3 (29,029FT Above Sea Level): the Doctor is IN
One of the worst medical emergencies in the history of Mount Everest occurs in 2009, and Dr. Ken Kamler a microsurgeon who specializes in hand reconstruction and finger reattachment was the only doctor on the mountain.

An exert from Dr. Kamler’s talk shared at a TEDMED conference, touches on the mystery of the human brain and one man’s moment of triumph over tragedy:

“The [Everest] climbers passed him by, and Beck lay there for a day, a night and another day, in the snow. Then he said to himself, ‘I don’t want to die. I have a family to come back to.’ The thoughts of his family, his kids and his wife, generated enough energy, enough motivation in him, so that he actually got up.” (Ken Kamler)

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Guest Author: Lynny Young