The Death Zone: Lessons from History
This Lessons from History article about the naming of the extreme altitude “Death Zone” explores the historical mountaineering and medical literature relevant to the topic. Swiss alpinist and radiologist Edouard Wyss-Dunant (1897–1983) authored several reports and books about expeditions to arctic r...
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crsagepubl:10.1016/j.wem.2020.09.002 2024-06-16T07:38:02+00:00 The Death Zone: Lessons from History Lankford, Harvey V. 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2020.09.002 https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S1080603220301654?httpAccept=text/xml https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S1080603220301654?httpAccept=text/plain http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1016/j.wem.2020.09.002 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1016/j.wem.2020.09.002 en eng SAGE Publications https://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Wilderness & Environmental Medicine volume 32, issue 1, page 114-120 ISSN 1080-6032 1545-1534 journal-article 2021 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wem.2020.09.002 2024-05-19T13:16:19Z This Lessons from History article about the naming of the extreme altitude “Death Zone” explores the historical mountaineering and medical literature relevant to the topic. Swiss alpinist and radiologist Edouard Wyss-Dunant (1897–1983) authored several reports and books about expeditions to arctic regions, deserts, and the Himalaya. Encouraged by the success of a Swiss expedition to the Garhwal Himalaya in 1947, Wyss-Dunant joined his fellow climbers from Geneva on a 1949 expedition to several peaks in the Kanchenjunga region. Wyss-Dunant was then invited to lead the spring 1952 Swiss Everest expedition. Despite this being the first Swiss attempt on Everest and on an untried route, Raymond Lambert and Tenzing Norgay nearly summitted Everest from the Nepal side. Wyss-Dunant earned mountaineering immortality by coining the phrase the Death Zone during the expedition’s foray into the upper regions of Everest. Wyss-Dunant went on to become a president of the Swiss Alpine Club and the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation. His writings and that of others provide an evocative supporting narrative to illustrate some of the problems of living (or dying) at extreme altitude. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic SAGE Publications Arctic Wyss ENVELOPE(162.700,162.700,-82.783,-82.783) Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 32 1 114 120 |
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This Lessons from History article about the naming of the extreme altitude “Death Zone” explores the historical mountaineering and medical literature relevant to the topic. Swiss alpinist and radiologist Edouard Wyss-Dunant (1897–1983) authored several reports and books about expeditions to arctic regions, deserts, and the Himalaya. Encouraged by the success of a Swiss expedition to the Garhwal Himalaya in 1947, Wyss-Dunant joined his fellow climbers from Geneva on a 1949 expedition to several peaks in the Kanchenjunga region. Wyss-Dunant was then invited to lead the spring 1952 Swiss Everest expedition. Despite this being the first Swiss attempt on Everest and on an untried route, Raymond Lambert and Tenzing Norgay nearly summitted Everest from the Nepal side. Wyss-Dunant earned mountaineering immortality by coining the phrase the Death Zone during the expedition’s foray into the upper regions of Everest. Wyss-Dunant went on to become a president of the Swiss Alpine Club and the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation. His writings and that of others provide an evocative supporting narrative to illustrate some of the problems of living (or dying) at extreme altitude. |
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