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TIL the Nazis focused on climbing the mountain Nanga Parbat first because they couldn't access Everest and Kanchenjunga was too difficult. They never succeeded, but in 1953, after 31 already died on Nanga Parbat, Austrian Hermann Buhl finally climbed it partially solo while taking coca and meth.


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