I am among the world’s leading experts on High Altitude Diseases (HAD) and my research clearly shows that the Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) on the island of Hawaii need to be demolished to protect the health and safety of the summit workers.

Goodbye snowy Mauna Kea, hello sunny hawaiian beach.

Goodbye sunny Hawaiian beach, hello snowy Mauna Kea.

Aloha sunny Hawaiian beach, aloha snowy Mauna Kea.

I have memories from my time in high altitude astronomy of being euphoric and giddy after discharging large amounts of industrial gas into the indoor environment. The effects would last hours and resembled being drunk and intoxicated.

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.

Outdoor sunlight avoidance for several months is recommended after receiving abnormally high radiation exposures.

During almost a decade of working in high altitude astronomy with liquid cryogenics and industrial gas, I have no recollection of ever being sent on an industry recognized training course in the safe handling and use of them.

I found it concerning that the medical profession could not recognize drug intolerance in a person that had a five year history of using company supplied drugs to do their job.