They call it the “death zone.” It’s a stretch of Mount Everest that’s about 26,000 feet up and is strewn with something like 200 corpses permanently frozen into the landscape —a warning to other ...

During a hiking trip, a friend relayed a piece of advice she’d received: To prevent altitude sickness, take an antacid. Now, when she and her husband head to the mountains, they chew on Tums. Hmm.

Traveling at high altitude can be hazardous. The information provided here is designed for educational use only and is not a substitute for specific training or experience. Princeton University and ...

Here’s a question from a coworker: I recently visited Breckenridge, Colorado, which sits 9,600 feet above sea level. The elevation impacted everyone in our party to varying degrees, but a few ...

A group of commercial Everest climbers plan to complete their climb in a week by chemically boosting their acclimatization and performance using a new method: They will sip xenon gas just before the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — The University of Colorado ...

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — Women taking oral contraceptives are at significantly increased risk of developing altitude sickness and are less likely to respond to treatment compared with those not on the ...