That would be a lot of fun, but it just seems too dangerous to be worth it.

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On May 22, 2016 9:36 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote:

> One of the Everest climbers that died from altitude sickness this week was
> a vegan on a mission to prove the vegans are as strong and robust as
> everyone else.  Was attempting to prove the point by climbing mountains.
>
> I wonder if they are on oxygen all the way up and back down (above 15,000
> feet or so)?  That is a lot of oxygen.
>
> I know that if you neglect to put on your oxygen in a small plane, you go
> to sleep about 18,000.  Happened to my wife once.  I was too busy flying
> and complying to tell her I had left 13,000 for 23,000.  She didn’t respond
> to gentle prodding or voice, so I put a cannula on her and she was fine a
> minute later.
>
> Everest is >29,000 feet.  Hard to believe it can be done, even with
> oxygen.
>

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