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Commercial guided climbs of Everest are nearly always with supplementary oxygen. Those climbing Everest without supplementary oxygen are individual athletes wel
by Mediterraneo10 6y ago
Commercial guided climbs of Everest are nearly always with supplementary oxygen. Those climbing Everest without supplementary oxygen are individual athletes well aware of the risks.
- WalterBright 6y ago> individual athletes well aware of the risks "Neurologist Nicolás Fayed and his colleagues in Zaragoza, Spain, performed MRI brain scans on 35 climbers (12 professionals and 23 amateurs) who had returned from high-altitude expeditions, including 13 who had attempted Everest. They found brain damage in virtually every Everest climber but also in many climbers of lesser peaks who returned unaware that they had injured their brain." https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brain-cells-into-thin-air/#:~:text=Severe%20cases%20of%20acute%20high,Everest%20climbers%20were%20the%20starkest https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brain-cells-into-....
- Mediterraneo10 6y agoYes, but my post was specfically in response to your claim about Everest. I have close friends within the no-supplementary-oxygen Everest-tackling community, and everyone is well aware of the brain damage ramifications.
- WalterBright 6y agoBeing aware of risk is necessary for being foolish. Having witnessed cognitive decline in others, I stand by considering it foolish to engage in activities with a near certainty of brain damage, when there isn't much return for the risk beyond a great view for a few moments.
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