Suggested Guidebooks and Maps for Chile

OJOS DEL SALADO BOOKS AND MAPS

Altitude and its Effects

Travel at High Altitude, Medex, ISBN 0-901100-76-5 (free to download)
Altitude Illness: Prevention & Treatment, The Mountaineers Books, Bezruchka, ISBN 0-89886-685-5 (pocket sized guide)
Medicine for Mountaineering, The Mountaineers Books, Wilkerson et al, ISBN-10: 1594850763, ISBN-13: 978-1594850769

International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) website advice

Full UIAA medical resource download (3.5Mb Zipped folder, 22 Chapters)

Ojos del Salado Region Guides

The Andes – A Guide for Climbers, Biggar, Andes, ISBN-10: 0953608727, ISBN-13: 978-0953608720
The Andes – A Trekking Guide, Biggar, Andes, ISBN-10: 0953608719, ISBN-13: 978-0953608713
Trekking and Climbing in the Andes, New Holland, ISBN-10: 1845379470, ISBN-13: 978-1845379476
Chile and Easter Island, Lonely Planet, ISBN-10: 174104779X, ISBN-13: 978-1741047790
The Rough Guide to Chile, Rough Guides, ISBN-10: 1848361750, ISBN-13: 978-1848361751
Argentina, Lonely Planet, ISBN-10: 1741794641 , ISBN-13: 978-1741794649
The Rough Guide to Argentina, Rough Guides, ISBN-10: 1848365217, ISBN-13: 978-1848365216

Mountaineering in the Andes, Neate, Hyperion Books, ISBN-10: 0907649645, ISBN-13: 978-0907649649

Maps

Nevado Ojos del Salado, 1:100,000, Deutscher Alpenverein, ISBN-10: 3928777947, ISBN 13: 9783928777940

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