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From: gbt@sequoia.cray.com (Greg Titus)
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Subject: Re: Air pressure questions   (A human being in vacume)
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Date: 13 Dec 90 17:15:42 GMT
References: <1990Dec11.111010.22953@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu> <1990Dec11.174058.11948@zoo.toronto.edu> <1990Dec11.190135.4154@ariel.unm.edu>
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In article <1990Dec11.190135.4154@ariel.unm.edu> john@ghostwheel.unm.edu (John Prentice) writes:
>In article <1990Dec11.174058.11948@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
>>...  I don't know the
>>numbers offhand; I would say that the natives in the Andes probably hold
>>the record.
>
>By the way, the India and Pakistan have been at war on one of the
>passes between the two countries now for several years.  I believe
>the altitude is something like 6,000 or 7,000 meters (anyone know for
>sure?).  It is reported to be the highest "permanent" encampment
>in existence.  Pretty crazy.  I have heard they are losing up to
>30% of their troops to pulminary or cerebral edema.  ...

Wouldn't surprise me.  That's *way* above the highest altitudes humans
normally inhabit: ~4500 meters, or ~15,000 feet, in the Andes and on
the Tibetan Plateau.

greg
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