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Flannel Lined 
Winter Slacks 
NOT A NECESSITY, BUT 
WORTHWHILE LUXURY! 
The outer fabric is tight woven wind- 
breaking polyester and cotton poplin. A 
great all-weather quality cloth. And on the 
inside, they’re completely lined, from waist 
to cuffs, with the softest, warmest, most 
comfortable polyester/cotton plaid flannel 
fabric that ever kept you warm and dry ! 
Permanent Press to hold their knife-like 
crease. Machine wash and dry, of course! 
(I/Ve wouldn't ask you to worry about 
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In Navy or Tan, but you'll want both! 
Designed for bitter outdoor weather, there’s 
no law that says you can't wear them 
indoors too, especially during a fuel crisis! 
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low price, combined with the wintry forecast 
and fuel uncertainty, we know these slacks 
won’t be in stock for very long! 
FLANNEL LINED 0195 
WINTER SLACKS LL 
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In a teashop in the Takshindu Pass, 
on the route to Mount Everest, a 
Sherpa nun makes rakshi, a liquor 
distilled from grain or potatoes. 
The teashop, on the grounds of a 
Buddhist monastery, earns money by 
providing overnight lodging for 
porters and Western travelers. 
month after birth are more frequent at 
higher elevations. This may partly ex- 
plain why, in the late 1960s and early 
1970s, infant mortality in the Khumbu 
and in Nufioa was between 15 and 20 
percent higher than for Nepal and Peru 
as wholes. 
Throughout childhood and adult- 
hood, both Sherpas and Quechuas are 
plagued by respiratory diseases. They 
are the major cause of death at all ages 
in the altiplano and the most frequent 
diagnosis made by physicians at the 
Kunde hospital in Khumbu. Second in 
importance are gastrointestinal disor- 
ders. In both areas, uncontrolled diar- 
rheas are a common cause of infant and 
early childhood mortality. One bright 
feature in the health picture is the ab- 
sence of cardiovascular diseases. Blood 
pressures in both groups are low by U.S. 
standards, and do not appear to increase 
significantly with age. 
In both groups, hypoxia, poor nutri- 
tion, disease, and physical trauma com- 
bine to significantly reduce survivor- 
ship. Only about 65 percent of the Sher- 
pas survive to adolescence, and the rate 
is roughly the same for the Quechuas in 
Nufioa. For those Quechuas who survive 
past age fifteen, the average age at 
death is about forty-nine-and-one-half 
years for pastoralists and about fifty-five 
years for nonpastoralists. The Sherpas’ 
average life expectancy at age fifteen 
appears to be between forty-eight and 
fifty years. 
A short life is not unique to these two 
high-altitude populations. Among many 
lowlanders, particularly in developing 
countries, life expectancy is equally 
short. But the reasons for death may be 
quite different. At high altitude, respira- 
tory and some infectious diseases seem 
to be more common, and it is possible 
that high-altitude Peruvians suffer from 
an increased level of congenital heart 
defects. On the other hand, some par- 
ticularly devastating low-altitude dis- 
eases rarely penetrate to high-altitude 
areas. This is the case for malaria — one 
of the major causes of death world- 
wide — because environmental condi- 
tions prevent the spread of the disease- 
bearing mosquito to high altitudes. 
There is no doubt that both the Sher- 
pas and the Quechuas have made phys- 
iological and morphological adjust- 
ments to high altitude that help them to 
exploit their limited environment. Even 
in conjunction with important cultural 
adaptations, however, the biological ad- 
justments cannot completely protect 
these people from the stress of their 
environment. The consequence — con- 
trary to some popular assumptions con- 
cerning unusual longevity and good 
health among high-altitude popula- 
tions — is lowered fertility, a prevalence 
of respiratory disease, and death at a 
fairly early age. □ 
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