Altitude Quote by Steven Magee

“I noticed that I developed excessive daytime sleepiness after I started working extreme night shifts on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea…

— 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

“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

“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

“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

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

— Steven Magee

“The sea level adapted human should always perform a risk assessment before venturing to high altitudes or flying.”

— Steven Magee

What determines your altitude in life is your attitude.

— Tavis Smiley

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

— Steven Magee

“Very high altitude extreme night shift work is a class 2A carcinogen that may result in lifelong disabling sleep disorders, high cholesterol, radiation sickness…

— Steven Magee

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

— Steven Magee

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

— Steven Magee