Altitude illness, medication, frostbite, evacuation and rescue insurance — and what people learned when something went wrong.
Good topics here
- Recognising HAPE and HACE early
- What was in your expedition medical kit
- How a helicopter evacuation worked on Everest or Kilimanjaro
- Frostbite: prevention, and what recovery was like
Nothing here replaces a doctor. Say what you know from experience and what you have read, and name your sources. Discuss accidents with care: the families of the people involved can read this forum.
Better in another room
- Insurance prices and paperwork: Costs, permits & logistics
- Training and acclimatization plans: Training & acclimatization
The guidelines in brief
Treat everyone here the way you would treat a stranger you were roped to. Be respectful: disagree with the idea, never attack the person. Be helpful, be honest (including when the honest answer is “not yet”), and be welcoming to beginners. No personal attacks, no private information about other people, no spam, and if you stand to gain from the advice you give — as a guide, an operator or a brand — say so in the post.