I have been mountaineering for decades in the same manner, and did not even know that there was a name for such a style. Well, it turns out that there is.
Do Mountains Really Make Their Own Weather, And If So Why?
When you are in high mountains and watch their glaciated peaks from warm valleys, then the answer to the question in the title seems obvious, doesn’t it? But there is much more to this.
What Is Reverse Altitude Sickness?
We are more or less all familiar with the effects of altitude when we go into mountains. In some cases this may develop in acute mountain sickness. But did you know that there is such a thing as ‘reverse altitude sickness’?
Do You Poop More at Higher Altitudes?
Did you know that human excrements is a bigger problem on Everest than torn tents, oxygen bottles, and other trash? When you have to go, you have to, but do you poop more at higher altitudes?
Does Being at High Altitude Make You Urinate More?
From my own mountaineering experience, I cannot say with certainty that I urinate more at high altitude. But there are plenty of claims, some probably based on evidence, that this indeed happens.
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