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  • Title: Effects of age and gender on success and death of mountaineers on Mount Everest.
    Author: Huey RB, Salisbury R, Wang JL, Mao M.
    Journal: Biol Lett; 2007 Oct 22; 3(5):498-500. PubMed ID: 17698450.
    Abstract:
    Increasing numbers of climbers are attempting Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth. We compiled interview data and computed the probabilities of summiting and of dying as a function of climber age and gender (2211 climbers, spring season) for the period of 1990-2005. Men and women had similar odds of summiting and of dying. However, climbers older than 40 years have reduced odds of summiting, and those older than 60 years have increased odds of dying, especially when descending from the summit. On Mount Everest, phenotypic selection appears blind to gender but favours young mountaineers.
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