Going Higher: Oxygen Man and Mountains, 5th Ed | 
 enlarge | Author: Charles Houston
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 702542
Media: Paperback
Edition: 5
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Pages: 318
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 7.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0898866316
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.9893
EAN: 9780898866315
ASIN: 0898866316
Publication Date: May 2005
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Product Description
How the body responds to high altitudethe classic study revised for the latest scientific findings. Cutting-edge information on how to prevent, diagnose, and treat altitude illness and hypoxia in everyday life
Interweaves fascinating research discoveries with dramatic first-person accounts
Authored by a celebrated mountaineer and physician who pioneered research in the field From the time of his historic expedition to Nanda Devi in the high Himalaya, Charles Houston, M.D., has been fascinated by the effects of altitude on the human body. Why do people get sick in the mountains? What are the symptoms of hypoxialack of sufficient oxygenthat also occurs in everyday life, sometimes chronically due to disease? How can we decrease the incidence of illness and death? This substantially revised edition incorporates new research of the last 10 years. Houston joins forces with an educator and a medical writer in a text made even more accessible for the average reader while retaining the depth of material of particular use to the medical community. It includes new chapters on vision and the eye at altitude, chronic and subacute altitude illness, and the limits to work at altitude (with implications for athletic training). It presents current information on genetics and gender differences and more on flight and space travel, on understanding and treating sea-level hypoxic illnesses, and on who can (or should not) go to high altitude, and much more. With an expanded glossary of terms.
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Going Higher - New and Revised September 21, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is the fifth edition of "Going Higher", now revised and expanded by Dr Houston and two colleagues. The new book has added additional text and illustrations, as well as added sections including explanations of the effects of gender and genetics. The authors note that the high-altitude adaptation of the inhabitants of the Himalayas is better than those of the Andes, perhaps as a result the death of so many of the indigenous people in the Andes resulting in genetic narrowing following the conquest of South America by Europeans.
This is an excellent book on the effects of altitude on people. It reviews the history of mountain exploration, explains the physiological effects of the reduction of atmospheric pressure, and presents a practical guide for acclimatization to altitude. I agree with the observation that for effective acclimatization, there is a boundary somewhere between 8000 and 9000 feet. This has become apparent to me on trips to Colorado to climb 14,000 ft peaks. As amusing as Vail and Aspen at over 8000 ft may be, Breckenridge, Keystone, and Monarch at 9500 ft are much better, not to mention Leadville at over 10,000 ft. Of course, the best first step in altitude acclimatization is to read this book.
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