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Mountain-climbing is not a good line of activ- 

 ity for an invalid or for one who shies at the 

 edge of a precipice, or for any one, either, who 

 worries over the possible fate of his family while 

 he is on a narrow ledge. Altitude, the great 

 bugbear to many, is the scapegoat for a mul- 

 titude of sins. ''Feeling the altitude" would 

 often be more correctly expressed as feeling the 

 effects of high living! The ill effects of altitude 

 are mostly imaginary. True, climbing high into 

 a brighter, finer atmosphere diminishes the 

 elastic clasp — the pressure of the air — and 

 causes physiological changes. These usually 

 are beneficial. Climbers who become ill through 

 mountain-climbing would also become ill in hill- 

 climbing. In the overwhelming number of cases 

 the lowland visitor is permanently benefited by 

 a visit to the mountains and especially by a 

 climb in the heights. 



Mountain-sickness, with its nausea, first 

 comes to those who are bilious, or to those who 

 are hurrying or exerting themselves more than 

 usual. A slight stomach disorder invites this 

 nausea, and on the heights those who have not 



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