High Altitude Quotes by Steven Magee

“Time's up on very high altitude astronomy.”

— Steven Magee

“Long COVID appears to be very similar to high altitude diseases.”

— Steven Magee

“Every day I wake up with High Altitude Disease (HAD).”

— Steven Magee

“It was a mistake to pursue a career in high altitude professional astronomy.”

— Steven Magee

“High altitude professional astronomy is a hypoxic job.”

— Steven Magee

“COVID-19 is very similar to high altitude diseases.”

— Steven Magee

“It was common to drink from plastic bottles and cans in high altitude astronomy.”

— Steven Magee

“Very high altitude astronomy only works by ignoring established biological science”

— Steven Magee

“If you want to know what biological incompetence looks like, just take a look at high altitude professional astronomy.”

— Steven Magee

“If you are a sea level adapted human and your employer requires you to sleep at high altitude, you should change jobs…

— Steven Magee

“For many years I have thought long term human survival in a climate changed world will probably occur in high altitude colonies…

— Steven Magee

“My coworker at very high altitude died from colon cancer and another coworker died from throat cancer.”

— Steven Magee

“Poor diet combined with high altitude exposures may bring increased risks of illnesses and cancers.”

— Steven Magee

“The only known way for a sea level adapted human to avoid lifelong high altitude induced disease is to not venture to…

— Steven Magee

“When I worked in professional high and very high altitude astronomy, I was completely clueless to what the long term biological hazards…

— Steven Magee

“The knowledge of the damaging effects from COVID-19 hypoxia will likely close down most very high altitude facilities around the world.”

— Steven Magee

“Research suggests that sea level adapted humans that work at the very high altitude 13,796 feet summit of Mauna Kea may eventually…

— Steven Magee

“Empty plastic water bottles at near seal level would become pressurized by the time we reached the very high altitude summit of…

— Steven Magee

“As I watched my mental and physical health rapidly decline during a decade of working in high altitude professional astronomy, I became…

— Steven Magee

“When I saw how many people were objecting to the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope atop Mauna Kea, I realized that…

— Steven Magee

“When discharging industrial gas into the indoor environment in high altitude astronomy, we never wore breathing respirators that fed us oxygenated air…

— Steven Magee

“I consider myself fortunate that I spent three years working at 7,775 feet before spending five years working at 13,796 feet on…

— Steven Magee

“During my time in high altitude astronomy, I routinely witnessed workers breathing medical oxygen, industrial carbon dioxide, nitrogen and helium gas as…

— Steven Magee

“I spent a decade of my life mal-acclimatizing to high altitude mountains in professional astronomy and now I am disabled with a…

— Steven Magee

“When I worked in high altitude astronomy, the worst sickness that I experienced was not at the 13,796 feet very high altitude…

— Steven Magee

“I started to see a serious decline in health in high altitude professional astronomy. Most noticeable was the onset of constant fatigue,…

— Steven Magee

“The following information really should be placed on all very high altitude job adverts and company contracts: WARNING – Very high altitude…

— Steven Magee

“The lasting physical and mental health effects of long term very high altitude exposure appear to be remarkably similar to daily heavy…

— Steven Magee

“Very high altitude workers were using medical oxygen to treat numerous health conditions that included fatigue, confusion, headaches, feeling faint and digestive…

— Steven Magee

“High altitude astronomy is a strange world of oxygen starvation, sleep deprivation and radiation sickness.”

— Steven Magee

“There was no management training in high altitude professional astronomy that covered the long-term health effects that were appearing in their mal-acclimatized…

— Steven Magee

“The illnesses in high altitude professional astronomy are generally a mixture of long term altitude sickness and workplace toxicity.”

— Steven Magee

“Not descending to sea level after developing high altitude sickness is a mistake that may come to haunt you a decade later.”

— Steven Magee

“Altidiot: Definition – A sea level adapted human that works in a biologically toxic high altitude job.”

— Steven Magee

“Plastic bottles of Gatorade were given free to very high altitude workers on Mauna Kea and they were advised to drink it…

— Steven Magee

“There are serious long-term adverse health effects associated with being a high altitude worker.”

— Steven Magee

“I study high altitude effects on humans. Denver International Airport (DIA) is at high altitude and I have personally witnessed behavioral problems…

— Steven Magee

“I was always mystified why I never saw any cases of HAPE and HACE in very high altitude workers.”

— Steven Magee

“It is not surprising that two of the most notorious modern mass murderers in the USA and Europe were both high altitude…

— Steven Magee

“Developing the diagnosis and treatment of High Altitude Observatory Disease became my priority in my late forties as my health was drastically…

— Steven Magee