{"id":461,"date":"2024-09-06T03:27:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T03:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxfo.com\/?p=461"},"modified":"2024-10-29T21:28:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T21:28:49","slug":"por-que-hay-menos-oxigeno-en-las-cumbres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oxfo.com\/en\/2024\/09\/06\/por-que-hay-menos-oxigeno-en-las-cumbres\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is there less oxygen at the summits?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"461\" class=\"elementor elementor-461\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cf10fcf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6cf10fcf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c497f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"9c497f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.muyinteresante.com\/curiosidades\/17151.html#:~:text=Everest-,En%20realidad%2C%20no%20es%20que%20haya%20menos%20ox%C3%ADgeno.,%2C%20siempre%20es%20del%2021%25.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLuis Otero, Sarah Romero\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Periodista cient\u00edfica.<br \/>\n<a href=https:\/\/www.muyinteresante.com\/curiosidades\/17151.html#:~:text=Everest-,En%20realidad%2C%20no%20es%20que%20haya%20menos%20ox%C3%ADgeno.,%2C%20siempre%20es%20del%2021%25.>ver post original<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c76fb8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c76fb8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>En realidad, no es que haya menos ox\u00edgeno. El porcentaje de este gas en el aire permanece constante en toda la atm\u00f3sfera: sea al nivel que sea.<\/p><p>En realidad, no es que haya menos ox\u00edgeno. El porcentaje de este gas en el aire permanece constante en toda la atm\u00f3sfera: sea al nivel del mar o en las cimas de las monta\u00f1as, siempre es del 21%.<\/p><p>Lo que ocurre es que cuanto m\u00e1s alto ascendemos, menos masa de aire tenemos encima de la cabeza y, por tanto, menos presi\u00f3n, que es la fuerza que necesitan los pulmones para poder absorber ese aire \u2013 y con \u00e9l, el ox\u00edgeno\u2013 a trav\u00e9s de la tr\u00e1quea.<\/p><p>En la cima del Everest, situada a 8.848 metros de altitud sobre el nivel del mar, la presi\u00f3n es de 0,33 atm\u00f3sferas, dos tercios menos que en la costa, donde la presi\u00f3n atmosf\u00e9rica es de 1 atm\u00f3sfera.<\/p><p>En esas condiciones, el aire apenas entra en los pulmones, y los alv\u00e9olos no reciben el ox\u00edgeno que precisan para incorporarlo al torrente sangu\u00edneo y suministrarlo a los m\u00fasculos y a los otros \u00f3rganos del cuerpo. Esa carencia es la que produce el famoso soroche o mal de altura, que a partir de los 2.500-3.000 metros de altitud se traduce para muchas personas en cansancio extremo, dolor de cabeza, mareos, digesti\u00f3n lenta, n\u00e1useas, taquicardia y, en los casos m\u00e1s graves, edema pulmonar y hasta infarto de miocardio.<\/p><p>Por eso, la mayor\u00eda de los alpinistas que suben ochomiles utilizan botellas de ox\u00edgeno suplementario. Adem\u00e1s, antes de atacar la cima pasan unas semanas de aclimataci\u00f3n entre 3.000 y 6.000 metros. 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