Want to learn more about climbing and high altitude? Please take a look at the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme for outstanding resources on
mountaineering and
mountain medicine. Also, for more in-depth information on high altitude physiology and medicine from one of the world’s foremost expert on high attitude medicine, Dr. Peter Hackett, please visit the
Centers for Disease Control. If you are interested in learning who the latest and greatest “rock stars” are in the climbing world, look no further than
Rock and Ice and
Climbing Magazines. Finally, outside of being at high altitude, there are many clinical or medical conditions that can cause hypoxemia (low blood oxygen) and these are beautifully outlined
here by the Mayo Clinic. Be safe out there and climb on!