1)How did Becks injuries compare to makalu gau's?2) what was amazing to krakauer above Becks descent? 3) what was so unusual and difficult about Becks and gau's rescue?

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!. Gau had the worst frostbite that Dr. Kamler had ever seen. His hands and feet had a "dull whitish sheen" to them.   Althogh Beck was moving on his own energy, his right hand had worse frostbite than Gau's.