Visiting the Closest Town to Space (Life with 50% less oxygen)

Subscribe ► https://goo.gl/MKi8tn La Rinconada, the closest inhabited place to the sky on Earth, where people are living above the clouds. Life on the highest habitable altitude is tough. At this extreme altitude of 5,100 meters, the atmosphere significantly thins and the locals are living with only 50% of the usual oxygen levels. Their bodies have evolved to produce two times more blood cells than ours. On this barren land, not even a single tree can survive because of the low air pressure. This town in the Peruvian Andes is even 300 meters higher than Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the Alps of Europe. Far from the modern world, it is a place where crime and danger are always nearby. People come to these harsh lands for only one reason: gold. About 50,000 people have settled here, among piles of trash, all dreaming of wealth. Camera: Bayram Taşçı Project Assistant: Barış Kaan Baş Editor: Ayşe Beliz Kurhan Animation: Önder Darendeli Video Editor: Ahmet Berkay Sabırlı Video Editing in English: Ahmet Berkay Sabırlı Project Manager: Esra Öner Producer & Director: Ruhi Çenet ""Rediscovery"" Series ► https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL40Eh9f0PRRXcCkyKxrtRvE3tbmcKYvHr Visiting the Fattest, Most Cigarette-Addicted and Least Visited Country 🇳🇷 ► https://youtu.be/eUJgq9HerDQ Visiting the World's Hottest Place (70°C, 159°F) LUT DESERT ► https://youtu.be/NhyDkHaUC8U Visiting the World’s Most Daпgeгous Road: “Karakoram D℮ath Road” (There are casuaIti℮s!) ► https://youtu.be/FryCzL17YRs Visiting the MOST AIR POLLUTED CITY in the World (Dust Hell) ► https://youtu.be/zC4saZg6sG0 Visiting the COLDEST CITY in the World (-71°C, -96°F) YAKUTSK / YAKUTIA ► https://youtu.be/Fz4ZMLsPzqM 8 Crazy Experiments at -55°C, -67°F (The coldest city in the World: Yakutsk) ► https://youtu.be/ExoOL2lwlWE World's Poorest Country "Burundi" (I can’t forget the things I saw) ► https://youtu.be/n0gFsHf9cIw Infados - Reunited by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100449 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ My name is Ruhi Çenet, I'm an independent documentary maker. I go to unique places or meet unique people and investigate or analyze them with a unique approach. My motto is ""curiosity is the best guide"". Join me, let's learn something different... Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/ Twitter ►https://twitter.com/ruhicenet