Open AccessAre UK Commercial Expeditions Complying with Wilderness Medical Society Guidelines on Ascent Rates to Altitude?: Table 1
Author(s) -
Neeraj Shah,
Jeremy S. Windsor,
H. Meijer,
David Hillebrandt
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of travel medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1708-8305
pISSN - 1195-1982
DOI - 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2011.00511.x
Subject(s) - altitude (triangle) , medicine , wilderness , table (database) , travel medicine , effects of high altitude on humans , altitude sickness , destinations , tourism , geography , archaeology , ecology , computer science , biology , geometry , data mining , anatomy , psychiatry , mathematics
The incidence of acute mountain sickness can be reduced by ascending slowly to altitude. We compared a recommended ascent rate with those offered by commercial companies to three of the most popular high-altitude destinations in the world. While the majority complied with the recommended ascent rate, ascents on Kilimanjaro did not.
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