{"product":{"product_id":"817303074X","title":"Annapurna South Face","price":"19.0","image_url":"https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Q9VYnetxL._SL500_.jpg","url":"https://www.amazon.com/dp/817303074X"},"comments":[{"body":"I came across this snippet in Chris Bonington's book [Annapurna South Face](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Annapurna-South-Face-Chris-Bonington/dp/817303074X), and thought of you:\r\n\r\n\u0026gt; In light of our experience on the South Face, I should not recommend anyone to encumber himself with oxygen equipment for use while climbing or ferrying on mountains of up to 26,500 feet; but it is as well to have some oxygen in reserve for medical purposes or for a last-ditch effort similar to my own ferrying on the South Face of Annapurna.\r\n\r\nHe's talking about multi-week, siege-style ascents of much bigger mountains, and I don't know how '70s oxygen kit compares to today's consumer oxygen cans in terms of benefit-per-weight. But I think that argues for oxygen cans not being worth the extra weight and hassle.","subreddit_name":"14ers","author":"pozorvlak"}]}