Researchers advance scientific knowledge on high altitude mountains

knowledge and promote world peace through awareness. The project, which began in 2005, investigated human decision-making processes in hypoxic environments. Studies were conducted on three high-altitude mountains, one quite remote, located on three continents. Other mountains were used for expedition training and preparation. Results of the research demonstrated a difference in decision outcomes under conditions of hypoxia as measured in the field, and agree with a similar laboratory study conducted in 2012 by an Italian team of scientists. (continued below)

The current study is led by Mgr. Rutherford Cardinal Johnson, PhD, STD, JCL, a professor of economics and geography. Johnson is also a traditional Old Roman Catholic Bishop of St. Stephen. He is a member of the famed Explorers Club, the professional field science organization whose membership list includes the late Sir Edmund Hillary, Jacques Piccard, Neil Armstrong, Robert Peary, and Theodore Roosevelt, among many other great explorers.