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The higher you climb, the thinner the air becomes, until there is not enough oxygen to support life.

On the highest mountains, there is just about enough oxygen for life to survive for a short time. Extremely fit mountaineers have managed to climb to the top of Mount Everest without the use of oxygen cylinders.

Our bodies can adapt slowly to a lack of oxygen, which is why expeditions to the Himalayas and other high ranges camp at progressively higher levels to get used to the thinner air. read more...

Tags: mountains, oxygen

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