IF YOU’RE INTO MOUNTAINS AND MOUNTAIN SPORTS, someday you will wonder how much longer you can ski, climb and trek on the mountains you love. Some exceptional men and women do strenuous sports well into their seventies, but what about altitude? The oxygen available in the air decreases as you ...
How can you prevent altitude sickness? The symptoms of altitude sickness including headache, nausea, dizziness, fatigue and trouble sleeping are due to a lack of sufficient oxygen. Here is a quick list to prepare you for your next visit to high altitude. What Works: Slow Ascent – The most important ...
Do you ever feel dizzy, unbalanced or weak on your first days skiing at altitude? About half of unacclimatized visitors to 10,000 feet get altitude sick. Ski areas in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Montana are more than high enough to cause altitude sickness. Even the bases of these ...
Do you have trouble sleeping at high altitude? If so, you are not alone. Even if you do not realize it, high altitude could be taking a toll on your body. The lower oxygen content in high altitudes produces less oxygen in the bloodstream. The lack of oxygen contributes to ...
Altitude sickness occurs when the pressure of the air around you known as barometric pressure changes too quickly. When you ascend to high altitudes, the barometric pressure drops and there is less oxygen available. Any time you travel to altitudes higher than 8,000 feet, you can be at risk for ...
Oxygenate your mountain home for better sleep, more energy, and no altitude sickness Do you have trouble sleeping at altitude? If you do you are not alone. According to altitude physiology experts most people have difficulty sleeping in our thin mountain air. The reason is simple – oxygen levels in ...
There’s a reason that ACT is the world leader in oxygen control systems. Sleeping as well in the mountains as you do at sea level requires more than just putting oxygen in a room. It requires technology and experience. When investing in an oxygenation system for your mountain home you must consider these three things as top priority.
ACT has the largest residential installed base in the industry and has been around for over 29 years. This is a complex business and we have more experience and success stories than anyone. ACT engineers developed the first normobaric (normal pressure) altitude simulation system in the mid 1990s. Since then ACT has advanced the technology in every year.