I understand that there is very little oxygen at 29,000 feet above sea level so climbing without bottled oxygen is extremely difficult. My question is this, if you are climbing with oxygen supplies y is it so hard to reach the top. I have read books about it and viewd films and they state that even with oxygen, it takes many breaths to even make one step. I dont get it because during WWII, bobediers flew in unpressurized airplanes with prmitive oxygen supplement systems at altitudes of up to 30,000 ft and seemed to have a much easier time functioning in the planes as compared to mountaneers. Why is that?
2006-11-05
10:40:26
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