Aleksander Doba, Who Kayaked Across the Atlantic, Dies at 74
By Alex Vadukul of the New York Times
March 11, 2021
Aleksander Doba, a Polish adventurer who kayaked alone across the Atlantic at the age of 70 while subsisting on his wife’s fortifying plum jam — after having twice paddled solo across the Atlantic when he was in his 60s — died on Feb. 22 on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa. He was 74.
His son Czeslaw said the cause was asphyxia resulting from high-altitude pulmonary edema.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/11/world/europe/aleksander-doba-dead.html?searchResultPosition=1
Navratilova Hospitalized After Kilimanjaro Climb
Tennis star attempts Africa's peak and gets high-altitude pulmonary edema.
By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES
December 10, 2010, 10:51 AM
"... Athletes like Navratilova tend to exercise at a higher level and increased exercise can predispose them to high altitude pulmonary edema," said Honigman.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/martina-navratilova-hospitalized-kilimanjaro-attempt/story?id=12366329
Altitude Sickness -- Harvard Medical School
https://www.health.harvard.edu/a_to_z/altitude-sickness-a-to-z
Altitude Sickness -- Cleveland Clinic
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15111-altitude-sickness#symptoms-and-causes
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/16/2021 03:59PM by KenS.
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Some Athletes May Be Predisposed to High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE)
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