BACKGROUND Altitude illness is a relevant threat to the life and health of participants in mountaineering expeditions. AIM To determine if impedance cardiography (ICG) can be used in noninvasive monitoring of haemodynamic disturbances at high altitude. METHODS The study was performed in a group of 13 participants of two mountaineering expeditions in the Himalayas. The ICG examination was pe...

The author, an experienced alpine mountaineer, sustained several traumatic climbing injuries over a two-year period. This article describes her multiple uses of self-hypnosis to deal with several challenges related to her returning to successful mountain climbing. She used self-hypnosis for physical healing and to enhance her motivation to resume climbing. While training for her next expedition...

Conceptual similarities have been identified between experiences of extreme sports athletes and those with drug and behavioral addictions. Evidence suggests rock climbers experience craving and other withdrawal-like states when abstinent from their sport. However, no studies have attempted to quantitatively measure the craving experienced by participants of any extreme sports. Such a measure co...