Two Days of Staging as Effective as Four for High Altitude Climbs

Conventional knowledge suggests that to avoid acute mountain sickness (AMS), climbers need to "stage," or set up camp, at a lower altitude for four days when summiting peaks as high as 4300 meters. A U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine team has found that two days of staging at a moderate altitude may be enough.

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