Standard pressure and temperature

[Beatty, Robert]

Thats ACCLIMATIZED to the area.... a VERY big difference to taking a plane
from sea level to 14,000.  Also if you pass out on Pikes Peak you fall 4 or
5 ft to the ground.... if you pass out while flying a plane, its alot futher
to the ground.  People can survive at very high altitudes, there is even a
documented attempt to climb mt everest with NO 02. ( i cant remember if the
guy made it)  When going to such high altitudes, you have to acclimatize
your body to them, thats why any teams that climb Everest, hang out below
the mt. for a month or more to get used to the lower O2 content.

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: John Shost [mailto:j_shost at excite.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 9:16 AM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Standard pressure and temperature



On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 00:55:27 -0600, Eric Fletcher S.O.C. wrote:

>  > <<<can you even *breathe* at 0.5 bar???  Just barely.  In an
unpressurized
>  > aircraft, a pilot must breath supplemental oxygen above 10,000 feet but
a
>  > passenger is nor required to breath supplemental oxygen until 12,000.
  
People working at the doughnut shop on Pikes Pike smoke cigarettes all day
long (+14,000 ft) without problems (or so they think).





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