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广州短期英语培训 乞力马扎罗山普通登山者激增 健康风险极大
Climbers scaling Mount Kilimanjaro are taking unnecessary risks with their health, experts
have warned.
Travel firms have seen an increase in bookings following the successful summit by nine
celebrities for last year's Comic Relief campaign.
But Edinburgh University scientists warned many climbing Africa's tallest peak "know little
or nothing" about high altitude, which can be fatal.
Scientists camped out to test altitude sickness in more than 200 climbers.
The researchers camped for three weeks on the mountain at a height of 4,730m - not far
below the 5,895m summit.
They assessed climbers using the Lake Louise consensus scoring system, which records
symptoms such as headache, sickness and fatigue.
The academics found almost half, or 47%, of those who had climbed Kilimanjaro, were
suffering from altitude sickness before they reached the summit and most were ascending too
high, too quickly.
Signs of sickness include vomiting, headaches, difficulty sleeping and sometimes problems
with co-ordination.
Effects can be felt from as low as 2,500m above sea level and 75% of people will have mild