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It remaining also darkish to ascend or descend, Mehdi and Bonatti had been compelled to right away with no shelter earlier mentioned 8,000 metres (26,000 ft), leaving the oxygen tanks guiding as requested if they descended. Bonatti and Mehdi survived, but Mehdi was hospitalised for months and had to possess his toes amputated thanks to frostbite.