Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) represents a variably reversible asynchronous syndrome of secondary polycythemia along with erythrocytosis, erythrocyte aggregation, hemoglobinemia, hemoconcentration, thrombocytopenia, increased whole blood viscosity, fibrinogenemia, prothrombotic state, pulmonary and systemic hypertension, and congestive heart failure, occurring due to hypobaric hypoxia-anoxia-...

In indoor rock climbing, the perception of object properties and the adequate execution of grasping actions highly determine climbers' performance. In two consecutive experiments, effects of climbing expertise on the cognitive activation of grasping actions following the presentation of climbing holds was investigated. Experiment 1 evaluated the representation of climbing holds in the long-term...

Radiographs of the hands of 36 rock climbers were compared with radiographs of the hands of controls matched for age and sex. Subchondral cysts were present in the hands of 17 climbers and only two controls. Osteophytes or bony spurs were present in 14 climbers but not in any of the controls, and the only two cases of frank osteoarthrosis were in the hands of climbers. Cortical thickness of the...

BACKGROUND Arterial oxygen saturation (SaO2) diminishes with altitude. AIM To know the values of SaO2 in healthy mountaineers during the ascent of a mountain higher than 8,000 metres. METHOD On occasion of an expedition to Gasher brum II (8,035 m), SaO2 at rest was measured by pulse oxymetry during the approach march, in the base camp (on day one and one month later), in camps II and III, d...

The outbreak of COVID-19 has significantly increased the number climbers who enter reserve areas and use mountain houses compared with same period in 2019. Mountaineering become a popular activity causing forest managers to pay more attention tourist environmentally responsible behavior (ERB) which is key maintain land sustainable management. Therefore, purpose this study explore influence clim...

In high-altitude climbers, the kidneys play a crucial role in acclimatization and in mountain sickness syndromes [acute mountain sickness (AMS), high-altitude cerebral edema, high-altitude pulmonary edema] through their roles in regulating body fluids, electrolyte and acid-base homeostasis. Here, we discuss renal responses to several high-altitude-related stresses, including changes in systemic...

In the spring of 1999, just before the monsoon descended upon the Himalayas, physician-climbers and scientists brought a novel telemedicine program from the Yale School of Medicine to the remote and harsh environment of the Base Camp of Mount Everest. They implemented and tested new telemedicine technologies in a high-altitude environment well-known to push humans to the limits of their physiol...

Cantigi is one of the shrubs that grows at height mountain. Camtigi a plant endemic to mountains. Among climbers, fruits on mountain can be consumed. This study aims determine diversity population in Mount Lawu area, Karanganyar Regency, Central Java. The research method exploratory through exploration. sampling technique was purpossive sampling. selection locations divided into 3 stations take...