Everyone Saw Him Fall. No One Understood Why.

A law professor at three universities, ultramarathoner, conqueror of the Sahara and Kilimanjaro — Arkadiusz Wudarski was climbing Aconcagua and was just 350 meters from the summit. The ascent was going well. Then he simply collapsed — no warning, no complaints, not a single symptom. Why did a body that endured extreme stress for years shut down in an instant? And where is the line between willpower and the ambition that kills?