Altitude Quote by Steven Magee

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

— Steven Magee

“At the age of 45, most days in Tucson were spent feeling like I was on the summit of Mauna Kea, as I was…

— 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

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

— 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

“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

“My memories of my time in high altitude astronomy indicate that there were no oxygen concentration monitors or alarms in the areas that liquid…

— Steven Magee

There is no health without mental health.

— David Satcher

“Astronomy staff that routinely discharged industrial gas into the indoor environment at high altitudes did not wear oxygen deficiency monitors or protective breathing respirators.”

— Steven Magee

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

Without full awareness of breathing, there can be no development of meditative stability and understanding.

— Nhat Hanh