High altitude pulmonary edema
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Oct 2, 2026
Ben PappasHOST
They can have these altitude sicknesses.
Ben PappasHOST
HAPE and HACE can happen to you, high altitude sicknesses.
Ben PappasHOST
So you're fighting in snow.
Ben PappasHOST
You're fighting in terrain.
Dania KojaHOST
So it's usually a variety of disorders that we're referring to.
Dania KojaHOST
They vary from acute mountain sickness, high-altitude cerebral edema, or HACE, and high-altitude pulmonary edema, or HAPE.
Wendy ChangHOST
I see.
Wendy ChangHOST
Are there any particular individuals who are more predisposed to developing these illnesses? Absolutely.
Dania KojaHOST
This occurs within minutes.
Dania KojaHOST
And then over time, what happens is that the kidneys increase their excretion of bicarb to balance everything out.
Dania KojaHOST
One thing to remember, though, is that when you are exposed to the low oxygen pressure and you develop hypoxemia, that results in diffuse constriction of the vasculature, whether pulmonary or cerebral, and that's how you get your HAPE and your HACE.
Wendy ChangHOST
Aha, that makes sense.
Zoë RomHOST
You know, we've, we've talked on and off about some of the health stuff you've been encountering, and I feel like it's been sort of breadcrumbed throughout the podcast for, like, basically a year.
Zoë RomHOST
You've been diagnosed with HAPE after Leadville, and we got you connected with a, a doctor who actually, like, specifically works with ultrarunners, and we have found some new stuff out.
Zoë RomHOST
And so I'm just curious to hear what feels good for you to share and where you're at with stuff because to kind of bury the lead, you have not been able to run for five, almost six weeks.
TJ DavidHOST
Yeah.
TJ DavidHOST
I think that was pivotal.
TJ DavidHOST
Like, probably this would've got, continued to get kicked down the road and continually misdiagnosed.
TJ DavidHOST
The doctor actually thinks I was misdiagnosed with HAPE.
Zoë RomHOST
Yeah, I, I think so too.
Julie HenningsenHOST
But if help doesn't arrive soon, the injured climbers are going to die at base camp.
Julie HenningsenHOST
Bonington has serious respiratory issues, maybe HAPE, maybe pneumonia, but certainly multiple fractured ribs.
Julie HenningsenHOST
Scott can't move.
Julie HenningsenHOST
Mo tells Clive to stay with them, then Mo runs down the glacier, trying to reach Nick and Tut before they get too far.
Vic SeneseHOST
Tadalafil is also being studied in several conditions involving the lungs and pulmonary blood vessels.
Vic SeneseHOST
First, there's HAPE, or high-altitude pulmonary edema.
Vic SeneseHOST
This can happen when somebody goes into high altitude too quickly.
Vic SeneseHOST
Tadalafil may help by reducing hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction.
Jason HardrathGUEST
I was climbing my first 20,000-foot peak, Chimborazo, down in Ecuador, and like everything went wrong on this trip.
Jason HardrathGUEST
I didn't acclimatize right, and so I'm like rushing up the mountain unacclimatized, and so I'm starting to get HAPE and HACE, and my heart rate is crazy through the roof, just like maxing out at a walking pace.
Jason HardrathGUEST
My water bottles freeze, so I'm not able to hydrate, and so I stop also eating food because my water bottles were frozen.
Jason HardrathGUEST
So just like stacking all these things that went wrong, and I hadn't been able to sleep for the two nights prior, 'cause again, I went up too fast.
Will DuffinGUEST
We sent it down with supporters and a dissent for altitude related illness and It's an incredible elixir.
Will DuffinGUEST
Getting people down from altitude almost always sorts them out unless they've got HACE, HAPE or other kind of serious illness can take a bit longer.
Will DuffinGUEST
But that is really the key step is getting them down.
Will DuffinGUEST
And that was the right thing in that moment.