For most mountaineers, some level of altitude sickness is inevitable. But Indigenous highlanders living on the Tibetan Plateau, known as Sherpas, have inhabited the high Himalaya long enough to ...

If summer travel plans include high altitude conditions, it is important to take proper precautionary measures to prevent sickness, said a travel medicine expert from Baylor College of Medicine.

Climbing the tallest mountain on Earth comes with extreme risks, including high altitude sickness ... Located in Yosemite National Park, Half Dome is a granite peak standing 8,800 feet above ...