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		kazinator on Aug 26, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Paradox of Doping in Mountain Climbing I'm impressed by someone who carries a steel oxygen tank all the way up a very high mountain. According to http://peakfreaks.com/oxygen.htm a popular oxygen tank is the Russian-made POISK, which weighs 2.7 kg, not including the 350 g regulator. So you're lugging 3 extra kilos if you use that one.

waterphone on Aug 26, 2016 [–]

And I'm even more impressed if they aren't an asshole and bring it back down with them instead of dumping it on top of the mountain.

andrewflnr on Aug 26, 2016 | [–]

Among other incentives, they're probably still using it on the way down.

aptwebapps on Aug 26, 2016 | | [–]

Not if they use more than one.

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