SPICE GOLD NO FURTHER A MYSTERY

It becoming far too dim to ascend or descend, Mehdi and Bonatti ended up compelled to overnight without having shelter over eight,000 metres (26,000 ft), leaving the oxygen tanks powering as asked for every time they descended. Bonatti and Mehdi survived, but Mehdi was hospitalised for months and had to acquire his toes amputated due to frostbite.