well, at least there seem to be plenty of bodies up there, so anyone who is cannabalistically inclined won't go hungry.
I was thinking of the
Andes catastrophe when
that plane went down
and searchers couldn't
find the survivors for
weeks. Some died of
starvation...a few
lived to fly another
day.
Nahh.. Can't eat at that altitude. Your digestive track shuts down as do other bodily functions as your entire body begins to fail. The human body has so much tolerance, but still it is only a matter of time before it succombs to exposure once you are within the "Death Zone". In many cases training is irrelevant. Your body can either take it or it can't.
It's horrifying to think about all this. People seem have a morbid fascination with this subject. It's like a combined slow-motion train wreck and a memorial to mountain climbers who fail to summit.