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HAPE: More Than Just Mountain Views Taking Your Breath Away

High Altitude Climber Prevents HAPE with O2 Mask

Adventuring to high elevated places can be exciting and breathtaking – literally. High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE), a fatal form of altitude sickness, is a medical condition that occurs at high elevation. Usually 2500m (8,202 ft) and up. At high altitudes the oxygen in the air gets thinner, causing hypoxia, lack of oxygen in the lungs. Less oxygen means that […]

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Aunika Skogen | February 1, 2021
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HAPE: The Number One Killer at High Altitude

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  Recreation at high altitude entails many existential threats. Avalanches, rock falls, lighting, and hypothermia all leap to mind as serious threats. Yet, the leading cause of death at high altitude (8,200 ft or 2,500 m and above) is probably something many are not familiar with, high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE). Pulmonary edema is the accumulation of fluid in the tissues […]

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Curtis Weller | October 1, 2017
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High Altitude Pulmonary Edema: The #1 Altitude Sickness Killer

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High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, also known as HAPE, is the deadliest but least understood acute mountain sickness killer and can be deadly within hours of experiencing symptoms.ย  HAPE is a build up of liquid in the lungs which makes it difficult for the affected person to breath properly do to quick elevation gains. When a person who is susceptible to […]

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Brian Werner | October 1, 2017
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