NAVY tackles Mt. Everest (Jan, 1947)
NAVY tackles Mt. Everest
In an epochal 30-day experiment the Navy “climbed” two men “higher” than Mt. Everest—without oxygen.
By CAPT. J. H. KORB, U.S.. Navy Medical Corps, as told to Jamea Kevin Miller
SCIENCE now has proved that flyers and mountain climbers can reach altitudes of almost six miles, remain normal and alert, and come away none the worse for wear—without supplemental oxygen.
It is only necessary that they accustom themselves gradually to the decreasing pressures and dwindling oxygen.
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