Tag: ams

HAPE: What it Actually is and How to Avoid it

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, or HAPE for short, is something every hiker…

Artur

HAPE: What Makes Altitude Sickness So Deadly in the High Mountains?

Objective hazards in the mountains are comprised of two main categories: environmental…

Elliot Levey

High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema: The Invisible Killer

While there are many risks associated with being at altitude such as…

Alex Camerino

The Tortoise and the HAPE: Steady High-Altitude Ascents Win the Race (and Save Lives)

  High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) is a terminal reaction of the lungs…

Sydney Stephens

All Skiers Prone to Altitude Disease, H.A.P.E

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema or HAPE is a life-threatening disease where excess…

Kristen Strom

HAPE – Altitude’s Silent Killer

  Mild altitude sickness, or AMS (acute mountain sickness) is a common…

Mike Lavery

Altitude Sickness | How to Recognise, Cure and Prevent Severe Acute Mountain Sickness

There are two ways of categorizing death at altitude; traumatic and non-traumatic.…

Steven Agar

HAPE: No One is Immune

According to an investigation report in the Academic Forensic Pathology journal published…

Liam Abbott