We wish the Dutch "flatlanders" good luck in this latest and newest high altitude challenge.
Using fake identification cards, they boarded the new high-altitude train to Lhasa.
LHASA, Tibet — They come by new high-altitude trains, four a day, cruising 1,200 miles past snow-capped mountains.
The new high-altitude tunnel under the Somport pass will save trucks half an hour of a dangerous and often snowbound route.
Now, work is under way on a new high-altitude training camp in Asmara, and Boyer intends to bring in international experts to improve the skills of Eritrean mechanics and masseurs.
INSIDE PITCH Brian Cashman, who has made a practice of rappelling down the side of office buildings while dressed as a Christmas elf, is seeking out a new high-altitude thrill.
It was first identified by Japanese researchers in the 1920s, and then experienced firsthand by American aviators flying new high-altitude bombers in World War Two.
"As we've worked on these efforts, it's been exciting to see leading companies in the aerospace industry start investing in this technology too — including the design and construction of new high-altitude aircraft," wrote Maguire.
This suggests that the species may have diverged in response to a new high-altitude niche rapidly becoming available as the volcano grew.
Taken together, these results are consistent with a model of ecological speciation, potentially as a response to the emergence of a new, high-altitude niche as the volcano grew.
