Going higher : oxygen, man, and mountains /

Houston, Charles.

Going higher : oxygen, man, and mountains / Charles Houston. - 4th ed. - Shrewsbury : Swan Hill, 1999. - 272p. : ill. 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-251) and index.

20 years ago Charles Houston, MD, wrote his first book about altitude ilnesses, because many mountaineers were getting sick and some were dying, and many simply did not know why. This book updates his classic account of the effects of high altitude.

9781840370973 £16.95 9781840370973


Altitude, Influence of
Mountaineering--Physiological aspects
Mountain sickness.
Mountain sickness--Prevention
Oxygen--Physiological effect
Health and Wellbeing.
Climbing & mountaineering
Environmental medicine

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