In recent years, however, there have been some case reports in the Alps of severely
hypothermic accident victims in cardiac arrest who have survived without any permanent damage despite several interruptions of chest compressions.
Without giving too much away, it's an unforgettable memoir of human endurance following a climbing
accident: By the time he reached the flat land, hapless mountaineer Joe Simpson was so dehydrated, malnourished and
hypothermic that he began hallucinating.