High altitude-we all enjoy that tremendous view from a high summit ... If you climb to 12,000 feet (3,658 meters), your body has to acclimatize once again. A number of changes take place in the body ...

Insights from the research benefit physiology as a whole, and add new understanding about how different populations acclimatize to high altitude ascent. The study's co-first authors were MRU ...

When travelers do not properly acclimatize, they can be susceptible to life-threatening altitude illnesses, such as high-altitude pulmonary edema or high-altitude cerebral edema. These conditions ...

The climb itself should include at least one night at each of the three high-altitude camps before the final summit attempt. Some teams acclimatize ahead of time in the Cordon del Plata range.