Your weekly Local Running Newsletter has everything you need to lace up ... Prolonged exposure to altitude had strengthened the spleen’s diving response. In fact, there’s also evidence ...

From an altitude of more than 135,000 feet ... of the world about which we still know so little." The dive from the stratosphere required 34 months of preparation by Paragon and its StratEx ...

The Science of Space Dive (pt 4/6) - The dangers of altitude. videoThe Science of Space Dive (pt 4/6) - The dangers of altitude In his ascent to 125,000ft Felix Baumgartner risked several life ...

The 43-year-old adventurer had never worked at extreme altitude before, and in order to survive the jump he needed to be more ... and understood the risks of the dive better than anyone else.