thats merely an example...but, why is it (that the higher you climb, the harder to breathe it becomes)?
2006-09-24 12:42:23 · 9 answers · asked by heckyealevel1foreverlol 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
less oxygen. people who live in denver or the foot hills/mountains actually have more red blood cells than people at lower elevations thats why olympic teams train here
2006-09-24 12:44:00 · answer #1 · answered by gsschulte 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The atmosphere is thinner the higher you go. Because of that, there's not as much Oxygen at higher elevations. People who live in higher areas are used to it, because their blood has adapted to the lack of Oxygen, and is able to carry more Oxygen to different parts of the body. If you stay in an area long enough so that your blood takes on this adaptation, too (getting acclimated), you would have an easier time breathing.... If you're hiking, and your body is trying had to get all the oxygen you can get, its even harder to breathe. That's why mountain climbers spend time at high elevations before ascending the mountain.
2006-09-24 12:54:54 · answer #2 · answered by hll 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is because the air is "thinner". What that means is there is less air pressure to force the oxygen into your bloodstream and so you are actually getting less oxygen per breath. You usually have to overcome this by having a rich Oxygen source to make up the difference.(i.e. oxygen tank)
2006-09-24 12:47:29 · answer #3 · answered by Air C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cuz of lack of oxygen on higher altitude which is normal as u get higher on the mountain.
2006-09-24 12:45:05 · answer #4 · answered by Rita 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cuz the higher you go, the less oxygen you'll find. So your heart starts "working" more than usual, trying to get the most oxygen possible.
2006-09-24 12:51:27 · answer #5 · answered by latgal73 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The air gets thinner (the higher up you are, the less oxygen atoms there are in a given space).
2006-09-24 12:44:25 · answer #6 · answered by jaggerlink 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats obivious theirs not enough oxygen as you climb higher. Thats due because your body is not used to and its not made for those extreme heights nor temperature.
2006-09-24 12:46:02 · answer #7 · answered by diana li 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you are going up into the moutains you are getting out of the atmosphere that's why people who go to the top of Mt. Eversest you have to have oxygen tanks.
2006-09-24 12:47:15 · answer #8 · answered by Sara 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is less oxygen the higher you go.
2006-09-24 12:44:02 · answer #9 · answered by Drew 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋