gbt@sequoia.cray.com (Greg Titus) (12/14/90)
In article <1990Dec11.190135.4154@ariel.unm.edu> john@ghostwheel.unm.edu (John Prentice) writes: >In article <1990Dec11.174058.11948@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes: >>... I don't know the >>numbers offhand; I would say that the natives in the Andes probably hold >>the record. > >By the way, the India and Pakistan have been at war on one of the >passes between the two countries now for several years. I believe >the altitude is something like 6,000 or 7,000 meters (anyone know for >sure?). It is reported to be the highest "permanent" encampment >in existence. Pretty crazy. I have heard they are losing up to >30% of their troops to pulminary or cerebral edema. ... Wouldn't surprise me. That's *way* above the highest altitudes humans normally inhabit: ~4500 meters, or ~15,000 feet, in the Andes and on the Tibetan Plateau. greg -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Titus (gbt@zia.cray.com) Compiler Group (Ada) Cray Research, Inc. Santa Fe, NM Opinions expressed herein (such as they are) are purely my own.