Monday, May 21, 2012

Altitude sickness

  • Four mountain climbers have died while climbing Mount Everest, according to news reports.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • The three climbers who died Saturday were believed to have suffered exhaustion and altitude sickness, Nepali mountaineering official Gyanendra Shrestha told The Associated Press. Officials were still gathering details from descending climbers, he said.
  • (Time)
  • Two years ago, I was nearly halfway through the legendary 18-day Annapurna Circuit trek in Nepal when altitude sickness hit me at 4,200m. Until this point, the trek had been manageable because I knew what I was in for.
  • (Straits Times)
  • As a result, agent attrition and staff sickness levels now run at an even lower rate of less than 5%.
  • (TMCnet)
  • As a result, they become weak and suffer from altitude sickness, Sherpa was quoted as saying. A tourism official said there were unconfirmed reports of two other missing climbers, one Chinese and the other Nepali, CNN reported Monday.
  • (United Press International)
  • Schaaf died at the South Summit of Sagarmatha due to altitude sickness, Ang Tshering Sherpa, head of the company that organized the expedition told Reuters.
  • (Christian Post)
  • As a result, they become weak and suffer from altitude sickness, Sherpa said. Saturday was also windier than usual.
  • (CNN)
  • Kailash trekking tour as a result of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). AMS, also called altitude sickness, is caused by rapid exposure to low air pressure, triggered by ascending from a lower elevation to a higher elevation very quickly.
  • (YAHOO!)

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