Flatlanders Unite!

“The answer to your high altitude breathing problems. This outta make the Lama Hikes a LOT more fun.


LONDON (Reuters) - Viagra, the blockbuster anti-impotence drug, could help men scale ever greater heights.

Scientists at Hammersmith Hospital in London have shown that the drug that gives a lift to flagging sex lives can also help people breathe more easily at high altitudes and on mountaineering expeditions where oxygen levels are low.

When Professor Martin Wilkins and scientists at the National Center for Cardiology in Kyrgyzstan tested Viagra on people breathing low levels of oxygen, they found that the same enzyme that constricts blood flow to the penis and prevents erections also produced breathlessness at high altitudes by constricting arteries in the lungs.

Viagra blocks the action of this enzyme.

Wilkins said it was an exciting discovery and could help people suffering from high blood pressure in the lungs. But he added a word of caution.

"It is important to stress that whilst this is an exciting discovery, there is still a need for clinical trials," Wilkins said.”

“uh..no thanks, I'll pass and just keep training..

Tex”

“Guess there will be a couple of extra poles, on Everest next year.
:-)”

“Any volunteers for the clinical trials?”