Sept. 24, 1964
Something besides endurance is needed in order to thoroughly enjoy mountain climbing – climbing the big ones, that is. Given fair health and sufficient stamina, experience at high altitudes seems to be the answer. At 10 or 11,000 feet the inexperienced climber is almost sure to run up against the invisible barrier of altitude sickness, the miserable condition that seems to make every cell in the body sick, due to the lack…
