Going Higher: Oxygen, Man and Mountains

by Charles S. Houston and David E. Harris

Book Overview

1998 Banff Mountain Exposition Award Winner Cutting-edge information on how to prevent, diagnose, and treat altitude illness and hypoxia in everyday life Interweaves fascinating research discoveries... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898865808
• ISBN13: 9780898865806
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Mountaineers Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.2" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

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A thorough guide as to the working of how your body absorbs O2 and gets rid of CO2. I didn't know that you are encouraged to breath because your body wants to get rid of the CO2, not the need for O2. A medical textbook on Hypoxia and high altitude breathing.