The last time climber Simon Prosser attempted to ascend Manaslu—the eighth-highest mountain in the world (26,781 feet), nicknamed “The Widowmaker”—his group had to turn back only 1,000 ...
Turns out she was suffering from full blockage in her left ascending artery—prompting a heart attack known as a “widowmaker”—which has just a 12% survival rate outside of hospitals for women.