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Altitude sickness, the mildest form being acute mountain sickness (AMS), is a harmful effect of high altitude, caused by rapid exposure to low amounts of oxygen at high elevation. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] People's bodies can respond to high altitude in different ways.
Whymper next organised an expedition to Ecuador, designed primarily to collect data for the study of altitude sickness and the effect of reduced pressure on the human body. His chief guide was Jean-Antoine Carrel , who later died from exhaustion on the Matterhorn after bringing his employers to safety through a snowstorm.
Many deaths in high-altitude mountaineering have been caused by the effects of the death zone, either directly by the loss of vital functions or indirectly by poor decisions made under stress (e.g., not turning back in deteriorating conditions, or misreading the climbing route), or physical weakening leading to accidents (e.g., falls).
Very high altitude = 3,500–5,500 metres (11,500–18,000 ft) Extreme altitude = above 5,500 metres (18,000 ft) Travel to each of these altitude regions can lead to medical problems, from the mild symptoms of acute mountain sickness to the potentially fatal high-altitude pulmonary edema and high-altitude cerebral edema .
Executions, which peaked in 1999 when 98 people were put to death, have declined to 11 this year, the fewest since 1988, according to data in the Death Penalty Information Center’s year-end report.
Altitude sickness: Hannes Wieser: Altitude sickness: Alan Rouse United Kingdom: Altitude sickness: 7 August 1986: Julie Tullis United Kingdom: Altitude sickness [18] 4 August 1986: Mohammad Ali Pakistan: Stonefall [18] [35] 3 August 1986: Wojciech Wróż Poland: Fall [18] 16 July 1986: Renato Casarotto Italy: Fall into crevasse [18] 10 July ...
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