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I hiked a mountain in the Andes to celebrate my 40th birthday. The hallucinations and violent vomiting that followed weren't part of the plan.
The condors appeared at 5,000 meters. They were not real. I got altitude psychosis a few hundred meters from high camp as I scaled the frigid face of Huayna Potosí, one of the highest mountains ...
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Watch How Air Force PJs Make a Daring High-Altitude Rescue on Mount Rainier
After both refamiliarize themselves with their procedures, they will attempt a run-through of a mountain rescue mission. Their CH-47F, chosen for its ability to hover at high altitude, has been ...
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Sea level and acute responses to hypoxia: do they predict physiological responses and acute mountain sickness at altitude?
Objectives: To compare a range of physiological responses to acute sea level hypoxia at simulated altitudes with the same physiological responses and acute mountain sickness (AMS) scores measured at ...