For mountaineers we recommend two pre-acclimatisation tools.

• Intermittent Hypoxic Training (IHT)
• Sleeping in a Hypoxic Environment

Both are very effective at improving your oxygen efficiency and getting you pre-acclimatised and both are available from The Altitude Centre.

Intermittent Hypoxic Training (IHT)
IHT systems were developed by Russian Scientists; they wanted to speed up the acclimatisation process to train their military pilots and cosmonauts.

IHT delivers short bursts of very high altitude air every 5 minutes; this method triggers the adaptations in your body. The sessions are very pleasurable and only take 1 hour. No exercise is required.

Again it is recommended to complete these sessions daily for 3 weeks prior to travel.

For more information on this modality click here

Sleeping in a Hypoxic Environment.
The sleep systems replicate the air found at slowly increasing altitudes. For this modality you sleep in a hypoxic tent positioned over your bed or via a comfortable hypoxic sleep mask which delivers cool altitude air.

It is recommended that you stay in this environment for 8 hours a day, every day, for 3 weeks prior to travel.

For more information on this modality click here.

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