Talk:Death zone

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I was looking for "Death Zone" after my manager at work was talking with another co worker about going hiking and what the Death Zone was and such. I found: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_zone

and told my manager and co worker the information.

I then got an email from my manager about this page / site:

http://www.8000metres.com/death-zone

I am not looking to start a fight, I just want to know how to ensure which is right!?

MLCarter1976MLCarter1976 17:17, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi there. I own that site and would love to know too. That info came from the UIAA Mountain Medicine Centre who I would have thought knew what they were talking about, but I could be wrong! Is there something specific that you want confirmed?

Cheers.

Andy

What's "staying longer than necessary"? I think it would be better to add a certain time interval after which it becomes life threatening, not simply a generic "longer than necessary". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.245.118.208 (talk) 11:29, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction

At the time of writing, the article seems to contradict the Outer space article. This one states that the death zone begins at 7,3 km while the other states that it's 8 km. Added contradiction tag. Ashanthalas 22:14, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

PBS says it is 8000m, consistent with Outer space. Someone keeps changing it to 7300m without providing citations. I've reverted it back to 8000m (as per citation), but I'm open to discussing and reconciling different citations. hike395 02:13, 30 March 2007 (UTC)