title: Are UK commercial expeditions complying with wilderness medical society guidelines on ascent rates to altitude?
abstract: The incidence of acute mountain sickness can be reduced by ascending slowly to altitude. We compared a recommended ascent rate with those offered by commercial companies to three of the most popular high-altitude destinations in the world. While the majority complied with the recommended ascent rate, ascents on Kilimanjaro did not.
authors.affiliation: King's College London School of Medicine, London, UK. neeraj.shah@blueyonder.co.uk
authors.forename: Neeraj M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Jeremy S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Windsor
authors.forename: Heleen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meijer
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hillebrandt
mesh_terms: D000531:Altitude; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005101:Expeditions; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009051:Mountaineering; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical; D006113:United Kingdom; D055814:Wilderness