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Product: Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak
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One of Sports Illustrated’s Top 100 Sports Books of All Time: A gripping firsthand account of one of the most daring climbing expeditions in history.
#1 New York Times Bestseller
Annapurna I is the name given to the 8,100-meter mountain that ranks among the most forbidding in the Himalayan chain. Dangerous not just for its extreme height but for a long and treacherous approach, its summit proved unreachable until 1950, when a group of French mountaineers made a mad dash for its peak. They became the first men to accomplish the feat, doing so without oxygen tanks or any of the modern equipment that contemporary climbers use. The adventure nearly cost them their lives.
Maurice Herzog dictated this firsthand account of the remarkable trek from a hospital bed as he recovered from injuries sustained during the climb. An instant bestseller, it remains one of the most famous mountaineering books of all time, and an enduring testament to the power of the human spirit.

Product: The Fatal Game
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Product: Medline-HCSU4504S Supersoft Nasal Oxygen Cannula, Universal Connector, 4-Foot Tubing, Adult Size, Pack of 50
Brand: Medline
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Medline SuperSoft cannula reduces pressure on the face and ears
Exceptionally soft tubing material with comfortable, curved, non-flared nasal prongs
Universal connection type fits all oxygen sources
Includes 4-feet of crush-resistant tubing
Does not contain natural rubber latex; 50 cannulas per pack

Product: Going Higher: Oxygen, Man, and Mountains
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* Cutting-edge information on how to prevent, diagnose, and treat altitude illness and hypoxia in everyday life
* Interweaves fascinating research discoveries with dramatic first-person accounts
* Authored by a celebrated mountaineer and physician who pioneered research in the field
From the time of his historic expedition to Nanda Devi in the high Himalaya, Charles Houston, M.D., was fascinated by the effects of altitude on the human body. Why do people get sick in the mountains? What are the symptoms of hypoxia -- lack of sufficient oxygen -- that also occurs in everyday life, sometimes chronically due to disease? How can we decrease the incidence of illness and death?
This edition incorporates current research on the effects of altitude on humans, and Houston (now deceased) joined forces with an educator and a medical writer in a text made even more accessible for the average reader while retaining the depth of material of particular use to the medical community. This edition of this seminal text added chapters on vision and the eye at altitude, chronic and subacute altitude illness, and the limits to work at altitude (with implications for athletic training). It presents information on genetics and gender differences and more on flight and space travel, on understanding and treating sea-level hypoxic illnesses, and on who can (or should not) go to high altitude, and much more. With an expanded glossary of terms.