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To: nickcarraway

Once you get above 8000 meters you’re in the death zone.

from wiki

In mountaineering, the death zone refers to altitudes above a certain point where the pressure of oxygen is insufficient to sustain human life for an extended time span. This point is generally tagged as 8,000 m (26,000 ft, less than 356 millibars [10.5 inHg; 5.16 psi] of atmospheric pressure).[1] The concept was conceived in 1953 by Edouard Wyss-Dunant, a Swiss doctor, who called it the lethal zone.[2] All 14 peaks above 8000 m in the death zone are located in the Himalaya and Karakoram of Asia.

Many deaths in high-altitude mountaineering have been caused by the effects of the death zone, either directly by loss of vital functions or indirectly by wrong decisions made under stress, or physical weakening leading to accidents. An extended stay above 8,000 m (26,000 ft) without supplementary oxygen will result in deterioration of bodily functions and death.


23 posted on 05/22/2023 2:47:05 PM PDT by xp38
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To: xp38

Cerebral edema, a very unpleasant way to go. Freezing to death is more peaceful.


26 posted on 05/22/2023 2:52:58 PM PDT by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: xp38

I got physically sick after driving up Pike Peak at 14,000 feet. Couldn’t wait to get back down.


60 posted on 05/22/2023 5:59:05 PM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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