The Point of No Return Begins Earlier Than You Think
Altitude medicine often begins too late. We teach climbers to look for HAPE and HACE: fluid in the lungs, fluid […]
Food Is Not Comfort. It Is Cognitive Function.
Ultrarunners increasingly treat calories as survival infrastructure. Many mountaineers still treat food as optional. On big mountains, climbers routinely operate
Altitude Does Not Create Weakness. It Exposes It.
Some mountain emergencies begin years before the climb. Altitude, cold, dehydration, fatigue, and hypoxia do not create coronary disease —