11-29-2017, 07:11 PM
So, I just want to emphasize things as this is the advice we've been given by the medical community for staff and visitors at the summit.
Supplemental oxygen will make you feel better at altitude. However, if you have altitude sickness, it will help relieve your symptoms but will not treat you and it can end up being fatal if you do not get to lower altitudes as quickly as you can. Due to the nature of the illness, you may not realize you are suffering symptoms which makes it doubly serious which is why you should always use the buddy system.
Pumping oxygen into your lungs will make you feel better, but it's the partial pressure at the altitude that causes problems, not the amount of oxygen.
Voyager - there's a massive difference between 7-8 thousand feet and 13 to 14,000 ft. Please don't underestimate it.
Supplemental oxygen will make you feel better at altitude. However, if you have altitude sickness, it will help relieve your symptoms but will not treat you and it can end up being fatal if you do not get to lower altitudes as quickly as you can. Due to the nature of the illness, you may not realize you are suffering symptoms which makes it doubly serious which is why you should always use the buddy system.
Pumping oxygen into your lungs will make you feel better, but it's the partial pressure at the altitude that causes problems, not the amount of oxygen.
Voyager - there's a massive difference between 7-8 thousand feet and 13 to 14,000 ft. Please don't underestimate it.