“6,000 Feet: A few people will start showing signs and symptoms of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS).” Quote by Steven Magee
“Steven Magee, Chartered Electrical Engineer, was medically diagnosed with Amnestic Disorder which is characterized by short term memory loss in 2016 at the age of 46. He had worked for five years on the 13,796 feet very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, USA from 2001 to 2006 and had noticed memory problems developing during the last years that he worked there. The condition has now progressed into a disability.” LossMemoryAstronomyOshaAltitudeDisorderMaunaKeaTmtAmnestic Author:Steven Magee
“I moved from the day shift to the extreme night shift because I knew that they had a better acclimatization of a few hours at 9,200 feet, as opposed to the ridiculous half hour at 9,200 feet for the day shift. There was only one acclimatization from near sea level to 9,200 feet per week for the night shift workers, as they lived on the mountain for the duration of their shifts.” NightAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtShiftExtremeAcclimatization Author:Steven Magee
“It was common for sea level adapted staff to report tiredness and fatigue daily after returning to sea level from the high altitude mountain observatory.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtFatigueTelescopeObservatoryTiredness Author:Steven Magee
“Over-the-counter drug abuse or addiction was a problem that I observed at Mauna Kea.” DrugAbuseAddictionAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtTelescope Author:Steven Magee
“I never observed any prescription drugs other than medical oxygen being given to sickened Mauna Kea workers during my time on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtDrugsOxygenTelescopePrescription Author:Steven Magee
“There were no recommendations given to us about vitamin and mineral requirements in low oxygen, low pressure and high radiation environments when at high altitude by the astronomy management teams.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtRequirementsTelescopeVitaminMineral Author:Steven Magee
“After several extreme very high altitude night shifts, returning to sea level and exposure to increased oxygen and bright sunlight would bring on intestinal pains and diarrhea after eating the first large meal.” AstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtSunlightOxygenDiarrheaIntestinal Author:Steven Magee
“It was normal to drink two pots of coffee during an extreme night shift.” NightCoffeeAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtTelescopeShift Author:Steven Magee
“Not content with harassing me numerous times in a private office, an aggressive female manager started extending my extreme night shifts which would would make me really sick with shift work disorder, very high altitude sickness and workplace drug use.” DrugAstronomyOshaAltitudeMaunaKeaTmtWorkplaceKeckHarassing Author:Steven Magee
“I found the numerous surprise meetings with the female harassers to be very unprofessional, possibly illegal, and aimed to make sure that you had no legal support in the meetings from an employment lawyer.” AstronomyOshaIllegalMaunaKeaTmtObservatoryKeckUnprofessionalHarassers Author:Steven Magee