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Christa died of a seizure.
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Mortenson failed to reach the top of K2 due to one of his climbers suffering from pulmonary edema.
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He still had enough logic to find a safe place to sleep and get warm to descend down the mountain.
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He is found by Mouzafer Ali who is a porter that specializes in finding climbers. As Mouzafer was taking him down the mountain, Mortenson got lost on the way down.
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Mortenson finds himself in the village of Korphe where he is greeted by Haji Ali.
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He is told how children often try to teach themselves with sticks in the dirt, and there is only one teacher that comes once in awhile to teach.