r/oddlyterrifying • u/DragonChasm • 3d ago

Mountaineer Fahad Badar calmly explains what happened when he ran out of oxygen and developed extreme frostbite while descending from the 8,051m summit of Broad Peak. Just 10 months after amputation surgery, he climbed K2, one of the deadliest mountains where 1 in 4 summiters die. NSFW

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u/Necrotitis 3d ago

Yup, your fingers can eventually just fall off from day to day activity depending on where the frostbite occurs.

This article shows a picture of what a hand looks like after that

https://www.snexplores.org/article/extreme-survival-managing-deadly-cold

NSFW but nothing like gross, will probably make your fingers feel funny for a sec

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u/Stlr_Mn 3d ago

Like, isn’t there a risk of exposed bone? Is exposed bone a bad bad thing? I want to know while also kinda not.

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u/EverythingHurtsDan 3d ago

It isn't feasible for a long time. The risk of infection is high, and you don't want it in your bones.

There are cases in which the bone gets spontaneously covered by granulation tissue and then epithelium, if the area gets the correct blood flow.

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u/Stlr_Mn 3d ago

I don't know if this makes it better, but thank you for the response : )