
1998 Banff Mountain Exposition Award Winner Cutting-edge information on how to prevent, diagnose, and treat altitude illness and hypoxia in everyday life Interweaves fascinating research discoveries with dramatic first-person accounts Authored by a celebrated mountaineer and...

1998 Banff Mountain Exposition Award Winner Cutting-edge information on how to prevent, diagnose, and treat altitude illness and hypoxia in everyday life Interweaves fascinating research discoveries with dramatic first-person accounts Authored by a celebrated mountaineer and...



Describes the effects of high altitude on the human body, explains oxygen's role in respiration, and looks at what altitude illness can teach us about other respiratory problems.

