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Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) An illness that may affect people who climb above an elevation of 8,000 ... , headache, shortness of breath, exhaustion, insomnia, and dizziness. Also known as Acute Mountain Sickness or AMS. Andes The longest mountain range in the world, located in South America. Annual A plant whose life ...
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Medical problems - climbers guide to Everest
Moderate mountain sickness Some sleeplessness, decreased urine output, persistent headache not relieved by aspirin. Stay at ... some time (1-2 days) until you feel well. Don’t climb higher! Acute mountain sickness (AMS) Dizziness, vomiting, losing your balance, persistent coughing, sleepiness. Go down at least ...
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Mount Kenya - National Geographic Adventure Magazine
Alex reminds me to breathe deeply, and we begin climbing once more. There is an ... Gear Hiking Boots Ski Equipment Snowboards Snowshoes Adidas Arc'teryx Billabong Dakine Keen Merrell Shoes Mountain Hardwear Nike The North Face NRS Oakley Sunglasses Osprey Outdoor Research Patagonia Quiksilver Salomon More ...
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Yuichiro and Gota Miura: Everest 2008 Team Miura Summits Everest Video !!
HACE (High Altitude Cerebral Edema; type of mountain sickness) during the ascent to C5 (8400m) yesterday. With his father YuichiroÂ’s strong will ... and SPO2 (blood oxygen concentration) also indicate very good condition. Furthermore, the AMS (Acute Mountain Sickness) Score that measures the progress of acclimatization seems to be favorable overall. I wish ...
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Yuichiro and Gota Miura: Everest 2008 Team Miura Summits Everest !!
HACE (High Altitude Cerebral Edema; type of mountain sickness) during the ascent to C5 (8400m) yesterday. With his father YuichiroÂ’s strong will ... and SPO2 (blood oxygen concentration) also indicate very good condition. Furthermore, the AMS (Acute Mountain Sickness) Score that measures the progress of acclimatization seems to be favorable overall. I wish ...
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Sport! Science: Going Up? Get Fit
Bob looked as bad as I felt. We both had the classic symptoms of mountain sickness. The cure is easy--just go down 3,000 feet. But we didn't want ... wanted to go up. We knew, though, that it would be foolhardy to climb higher. Mountain sickness may be followed by two serious illnesses, high-altitude pulmonary edema and cerebral edema, in ...
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No Evolution Without Revolution (Do or Die)
Gaelic proverb that "everyone is entitled to a deer from the mountain, a tree from the wood and a fish from the river".[ ... or rather, the landlords) - it is the 'natural' symptom of a social sickness - and perhaps at this late stage only we are capable of ... culling that is in order but a direct attack on the 'social sickness' - dismantling the great land holdings that exercise such a tyranny over ...
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Mountain Adventures
Take a look at the map of your mountain. Plan to complete your expedition in four segments (see diagram, ... mountain from base to peak into four segments? Following are some things to keep in mind as you plan your itinerary. These tips will help prevent altitude sickness ... to Feet You may notice that the height of your mountain is given in meters, but the "Tips" above refer to ...
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Learning About Mountains - Resources
"When the only son sacrifices himself, only then can the mother's sickness be healed." Everyone in the house became frightened and gloomy, yet the boy, young as ... Mountains Find a Resource Suggest a Resource "Learning about Mountains" is a service of The Mountain Institute. We would like to thank the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the National Geographic Society Education ...
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Tell a Friend: Mountain-Top Removal Mining in Appalachia | Orion magazine
Tell a Friend: Mountain-Top Removal Mining in Appalachia | Orion magazine login | register Orion Magazine About Back Issues Contact ... to the coal fields of Appalachia. Trapped in an avalanche of collusion, Appalachians suffer poverty, sickness, and death at the hands of soulless coal corporations. Click here for the full article ...
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