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Case Study: Asthma During an Introductory Mountaineering Course

The Situation You are leading a five-day introductory mountaineering course in the Sierra Nevada in early October. The course includes basic climbing and scrambling at elevations between 8,000 and 11,000 feet. Emily is a participant who grew up in the mountains of  Colorado but has lived on the East Coast for the last several years….

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