Introductory address: lessons to be learned from high altitude.
A historical account of the important landmarks in man's experience with the high altitude environment is followed by comments on the important stages in the understanding of its physiological effects. The work of The Mount Logan High Altitude Physiology Study on acute mountain sickness is reviewed from its inception in 1967 until the present.
D000064:Acclimatization; D000328:Adult; D000531:Altitude; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009051:Mountaineering; D010827:Physiology / Q000266:history