Sentences with phrase «problem of altitude sickness»

The Hotel Monasterio has annoyed the problem of altitude sickness by introducing a system of oxygen supplementation in most of our rooms.

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Ever since human beings first began climbing the world's tallest mountains, they have struggled with a basic problem: altitude sickness, caused by lower air pressures which affect the ability of our bodies to take up oxygen.

The three things I worry about are the altitude (people die of altitude sickness), the bugs (I've heard that 100 % Deet won't stop them) and the general consensus that most people suffer stomach issues (it's very rare that I have stomach problems when I travel but hiking with digestive troubles sounds like a nightmare).

In fact, they are so powerful that altitude sickness is essentially a problem of over-alkalinization.

The first shock came from the summit of the Greenland ice plateau, a white wasteland so high that altitude sickness was a problem.