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as "key catalysts in driving scientific thinking into climbing big peaks. His studies included the physiology of acclimatization in relationship to important variables like altitude, barometric pressures, alveolar PO2, arterial oxygen saturation, maximum oxygen consumption, and ascent rates at
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could be ascended by men of extreme physical and mental constitution without supplementary oxygen if the physical difficulties of the mountain were not too great."
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George W. Rodway and Ian R Mitchell (2011) Prelude to Everest; Alexander Kellas (Luath Press); a full-length biography of Kellas.
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Kellas was a noted mountaineer. He had made at least ten first ascents of peaks over 6,100 m (20,000 ft) including
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in 1921 near the village of Kampa Dzong, Tibet, on his way from Sikkim to the
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and was only a day's hike away from seeing Mount Everest for the first time.
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Meher Mehta (Vice President, Himalayan Club), "The Lure of Kamet," in the
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Himalayan Club Vice President Meher Mehta characterized Kellas' papers
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Alexander M. Kellas: seeking early solutions to the problem of Everest
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when they made the first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental
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A Consideration of the Possibility of Ascending the Loftier Himalaya
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A M Kellas: Pioneer Himalayan Physiologist and Mountaineer
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A Consideration of the Possibility of Ascending Mt Everest
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High Asia: An illustrated guide to the 7,000 metre peaks
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British chemist, explorer, and mountaineer (1868–1921)
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was only broken in September 1928 with the ascent of
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Aberdeen, Scotland
Mount Everest
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