CHILAS, Pakistan - By day, Naoko Watanabe works as a nurse. In her spare time, she ventures into the "death zone," where oxygen levels fall to about one-third of those at sea level.
Two years ago, the 44-year-old became the first Japanese woman to climb all 14 of the world's mountains above 8,000 meters.
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