What Happens to the Human Body on Top of Everest

To try everything Brilliant has to offer for free for a full 30 days, visit https://brilliant.org/realscience/ Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/realscience-the-insane-biology-of-mountaineers Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscience Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann Images Courtesy of Getty Images Thanks to our Patreon Supporters: Eric Ypsilantis Robert Thompson Keith Skipper Credits: Narrator: Stephanie Sammann Writer: Lorraine Boissoneault Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator: Jacek Ambrożewski Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (https://www.youtube.com/c/realengineering) REFERENCES [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_zone [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9441300/ [3] https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/history/firstwoo2.html [4] https://www.usgs.gov/geology-and-ecology-of-national-parks/geology-great-smoky-mountains-national-park#:~:text=Rivers%20and%20streams%20carried%20massive,to%20540%20million%20years%20ago. [5] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK232874/ [6] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4913504/#:~:text=CMS%20is%20characterized%20by%20severe,pulmonale%20and%20congestive%20heart%20failure. [7] http://www.mounteverest.net/expguide/accli.htm [8] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK232874/ [9]https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2021.765631/full [10] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sms.12547 [11] https://air.unimi.it/retrieve/dfa8b98f-ce0d-748b-e053-3a05fe0a3a96/Gussoni%20J%20Appl%20Physiol%201986.pdf [12] https://journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1152/jappl.1989.66.5.2446 [13] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6722185/ [14] https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/himalayan-powerhouses-how-sherpas-have-evolved-superhuman-energy-efficiency# [15] https://www.pnas.org/post/podcast/sherpas-adapt-high-altitudes