Excerpt from Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator The most Opposite statements and Opinions have been advanced concerning this matter. The extremes range from saying that fatal results may occur, and have occurred, from some obscure cause, at comparatively moderate elevations, down to that no effects Whatever have been experienced at the greatest heights which have been attained. Allegations of the latter class may be set 'aside for the present, for the evidence is overwhelming that, from feet above the level Of ...
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Excerpt from Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator The most Opposite statements and Opinions have been advanced concerning this matter. The extremes range from saying that fatal results may occur, and have occurred, from some obscure cause, at comparatively moderate elevations, down to that no effects Whatever have been experienced at the greatest heights which have been attained. Allegations of the latter class may be set 'aside for the present, for the evidence is overwhelming that, from feet above the level Of the sea and upwards, serious inconveniences have occurred; that prostration (amounting in the more extreme cases to incapacitation) has been experienced; and that, in some instances, perhaps, even death has resulted through some cause which operates at great elevations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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