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Citation: G.W. Kent Moore and John L. Semple. High Altitude Medicine & Biology. March 2012,
13(1): 51-56. doi:10.1089/ham.2011.1061.

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Hypothermia is an acknowledged risk for

those who venture into high altitude
regions. There is however little quantitative
information on this risk that can be used to
implement mitigation
strategies.

This is surprising and sad to hear.

This report confirms the importance of

providing quantitative
guidance to climbers as the risk of
hypothermia on high mountains

So I take it as this information wasnt provided

to climbers before.

A comprehensive analysis of mortality on

Mount Everest indicated that hypothermia,
along with high altitude illness, was
the leading cause of nontraumatic fatalities
amongst climbers

So this is what is causing most of the deaths

of hikers in the area.

The 2006 spring climbing season on Mount

Everest was one of the most deadly and
controversial in history

Had me interested, why? What happened?

During the early hours on May 15, over 40

climbers passed his comatose body,
some observing that he was still alive.
However, no one stopped to provide
assistance

Why not? Why couldnt they help?

By the time a rescue attempt was

organized, Sharp was so hypothermic that
he was unable to respond to
supplemental oxygen and died sometime
late on May 15

Did the rescue take too long to organize?

Was there some way for them to go faster?

Early the next morning, Hall was found alive

and coherent by another climbing party;
who abandoned their summit attempt
and were able to get him into warm clothing
and provided oxygen.

Is this what it takes to get help, people

abandoning their climb? How did they provide
oxygen?

Our results indicate that the two climbers

experienced very
different hypothermic environments that
were the result of
two distinct environmental processes.

So this is why one died and another one

survived.