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The higher you go in altitude the less oxygen O2 there is in the air. As such it becomes harder to breath without "acclimating" to that elevation. Above 8,000 meters the human body begins to die without assisted breathing apparatuses. Even those only delay the process of decay.

Extreme increases in elevation over a short period of time can also cause numerous bad medical effects. Including pulmonary edema and cerebral edema both of which can be fatal.

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