Why do mountain climers sometimes bring oxygen tanks along with them on their climb?

Answer 1

ANSWER:

Because the higher you rise in altitude, the thinner the air gets. There is oxygen there, just less parts per million. This area on mount Everest is called the death zone.

As you go higher into the atmosphere, there's less air pressure and therefore less oxygen. Your body needs lots of oxygen to survive, especially while climbing difficult terrain, and at the altitude of Mount Everest there is hardly enough (although it is possible to climb Everest without extra oxygen). Anyway, most climbers see it necessary to used extra bottled oxygen to supply the extra oxygen to their bodies.

Answer 2

They use oxygen tanks because the amount of oxygen in high altitudes is less because the air pressure is less. At extremely high altitudes the air is so thin that climbers cannot breath in enough air to get the oxygen required to sustain themselves (hypoxia) and they can black out - and die. Even before ti reaches the lethal stage, being short of oxygen can cause confusion, leading to potentially lethal mistakes in such a demanding, high-risk environment.

Answer 3

Depending on the height of the mountain it is needed to maintain resperation. Climbers going to the sumit of Everest need to carry oxygen tanks to prevent them from dying due to lack of oxygen to the brain.

its also because oxygen is heavy and most other gases are lighter so the higher you go you will breath in more of the other chemicals like hydrogen and nitrogen that seats in the clouds

Answer 4

climbers use oxygen tanks because at 5,000 ft. above sea level there is a lack of air and without an oxygen tank disease in your brain and illness can be effects.at 25,000 feet you would suffocate without an oxygen tank.

Answer 5

We need oxygen tanks on high mountains because air is thin at high altitude. The higher you go the less air there is. You need one of these oxygen tanks if you want to live on high altitude mountains or you will be dead in 10 seconds flat.

Answer 6

When you go up a mountain, it gets harder to breathe because there is less oxygen when you get higher. That is why mountain climbers NEED an oxygen

tank.

Answer 7

Because the higher you go the less dense the air is and there is less oxygen in the air and more air pressure is on you.

Answer 8

Because they can

Answer 9

As you go higher into the atmosphere, there's less air pressure and therefore less oxygen. Your body needs lots of oxygen to survive, especially while climbing difficult terrain, and at the altitude of Mount Everest there is hardly enough (although it is possible to climb Everest without extra oxygen). Anyway, most climbers see it necessary to used extra bottled oxygen to supply the extra oxygen to their bodies.