review the passage. select one detail that best shows that doug hansen is haunted by his previous failure to reach the summit of mt. everest.

despite the many trappings of civilization at base camp, there was no forgetting that we were more than three miles above sea level. walking to the mess tent at mealtime left me wheezing for several minutes. if i sat up too quickly, my head reeled and vertigo set in. the deep, rasping cough id developed in lobuje worsened day by day. sleep became elusive, a common symptom of minor altitude illness. most nights id wake up three or four times gasping for breath, feeling like i was suffocating. cuts and scrapes refused to heal. my appetite vanished and my digestive system, which required abundant oxygen to metabolize food, failed to make use of much of what i forced myself to eat; instead my body began consuming itself for sustenance. my arms and legs gradually began to wither to sticklike proportions. ...

this was dougs second shot at everest with hall. the year before, rob had forced him and three other clients to turn back just 330 feet below the top because the hour was late and the summit ridge was buried beneath a mantle of deep, unstable snow. he summit looked sooooo close,\ doug recalled with a painful laugh. \believe me, there hasnt been a day since that i havent thought about it.\ hed been talked into returning this year by hall, who felt sorry that doug hansen had been denied the summit and had significantly discounted hansens fee to entice him to give it another try.

among my fellow clients, doug was the only one whod climbed extensively without relying on a professional guide; although he wasnt an elite mountaineer, his fifteen years of experience made him fully capable of looking after himself on the heights. if anyone was going to reach the summit from our expedition, i assumed it would be doug: he was strong, he was driven, and he had already been very high on everest ...

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review the passage. select one detail that best shows that doug hansen is haunted by his previous failure to reach the summit of mt. everest.

despite the many trappings of civilization at base camp, there was no forgetting that we were more than three miles above sea level. walking to the mess tent at mealtime left me wheezing for several minutes. if i sat up too quickly, my head reeled and vertigo set in. the deep, rasping cough id developed in lobuje worsened day by day. sleep became elusive, a common symptom of minor altitude illness. most nights id wake up three or four times gasping for breath, feeling like i was suffocating. cuts and scrapes refused to heal. my appetite vanished and my digestive system, which required abundant oxygen to metabolize food, failed to make use of much of what i forced myself to eat; instead my body began consuming itself for sustenance. my arms and legs gradually began to wither to sticklike proportions. ...

this was dougs second shot at everest with hall. the year before, rob had forced him and three other clients to turn back just 330 feet below the top because the hour was late and the summit ridge was buried beneath a mantle of deep, unstable snow. 	he summit looked sooooo close,\ doug recalled with a painful laugh. \believe me, there hasnt been a day since that i havent thought about it.\ hed been talked into returning this year by hall, who felt sorry that doug hansen had been denied the summit and had significantly discounted hansens fee to entice him to give it another try.

among my fellow clients, doug was the only one whod climbed extensively without relying on a professional guide; although he wasnt an elite mountaineer, his fifteen years of experience made him fully capable of looking after himself on the heights. if anyone was going to reach the summit from our expedition, i assumed it would be doug: he was strong, he was driven, and he had already been very high on everest ...

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# Brief Explanations:
The text "Believe me, there hasn't been a day since that I haven't thought about it." shows that Doug Hansen is constantly haunted by his previous failure. It indicates that the failure is always on his mind, which is a clear sign of being haunted by it.
# Answer:
"Believe me, there hasn't been a day since that I haven't thought about it."

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