one of the biggest logistical problems in a conventional climb is to haul enough oxygen tanks up there, for a huge team composed of western climbers and Sherpa guides, then the prolonged time it takes to do that also implies hauling enough food and drink, etcetera... Messner was freed from those constraints. His support team consisted of a woman named Nena Olguin... and that was it. All he had to do was haul enough supplies for a few days

I'm not sure that makes sense, although I know nothing of climbing. :) If you have two climbers, you need supplies for two, and you have two people to carry the supplies. If you have ten climbers, you need supplies for ten, but have ten people to carry them. The workforce scales precisely with the load. How does increasing the number of people make it any more difficult? Can you explain further please? I'm interested.

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