Altitude Sickness
Patti Yoder Garrity questions altitude sickness at 8,000 feet (“Half Dome Alternate,” Letters, July 4). Please be advised that it is quite possible to suffer and even die from altitude sickness at 8,000 feet, particularly if a person has heart or lung disease.
KATE REEVES, RN
Mountain Center, Calif.
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