Age Quote by 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 the summit…

— Steven Magee

“If you want to make astronomers uncomfortable, you ask to see the health study of all very high altitude workers at the Mauna Kea…

— Steven Magee

“Had I known the risks associated with oxygen administration, I would have refused to work atop the biologically hazardous Mauna Kea summit.”

— 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 summit of…

— Steven Magee

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

— Steven Magee

“Oxygen deprivation and supplemental oxygen are both bio-hazards for Mauna Kea workers”

— Steven Magee

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

— Steven Magee

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

— Steven Magee

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

— Steven Magee

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

— Steven Magee

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

— Steven Magee

“At the W.M. Keck Observatory on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea, there was no routine monitoring of mental functioning, blood oxygen…

— Steven Magee